10 Years of Queer was a night at the Marlborough Theatre in September 2018 where we got together with all of our fabulous Marly Mates to celebrate a decade of supporting LGBTQ+ artists and platforming queer performers.
Performances from:
Liz Aggiss
Harry Clayton-Wright
Lasana Shabazz
Lucy McCormick
Sea Sharp
David Hoyle
Juno Dawson
A video documenting an event for the MarlyMates membership scheme at Marlborough Pub & Theatre on September 22nd, 2017. Event blurb: 'We were puzzling about the best way to say a massive thank you to our #MarlyMates and then it hit us, let’s do what we do best! Invite some amazing, out-there artists to our little pub & theatre for a night of wild, unexpected, hilarious performance with an extra touch of exclusive old Hollywood glamour.'
Featuring:
Stacy Makishi
Neil Bartlett
Juno Dawson
Sh!t Theatre
Selina Thompson
Thick & Tight
Emma Frankland
The following items have been donated to the archive by Annabel Pribelszki, a Brighton based writer and performance artist.
1. This image depicts two women in an embrace, possibly Annabel on the left.
2. This image depicts Annabel and three other women in separate canoes on a lake. Annabel has titled this image '4 of us - canoes'.
3. This image is titled 'BadBoys' and depicts three people on stage, the one in the centre is dressed in pink tights, a white dress and feather-bower and is holding a microphone, the two people on either side of her are dressed in black and leather jackets.
4. This image depicts Annabel and her cast mates backstage in hockey attire. Some, including Annabel, are dressed in white polo-shirts and some are dressed in yellow polo-shirts with 'BIG BAPS' written across them.
5. This image depicts Annabel and her cast mates on-stage in hockey attire. Annabel is pictured at the centre left of the image dressed in white polo-shirts whilst half of her cast mates stand behind her in the same uniform and some are dressed in yellow polo-shirts with 'BIG BAPS' written across them.
6. This image depicts Annabel and her cast mates on-stage in hockey attire.
7. This image depicts Annabel and her cast mates on-stage in hockey attire.
8. This image depicts Annabel in motorcycle gear and helmet next to her motorcycle.
9. This image depicts actors on stage, in the same attire to image 3, with the actors dancing.
10. This image depicts Annabel mid-run, she is dressed in blue and black running gear with her arms spread wide and a big smile on her face.
Boogaloo Stu posing in front of a jukebox - featuring Lucy and Marianne from Sparklemotion dance troupe - taken by Toby Amies, at his flat in Kemptown 2003
Brighton & Hove bus adverts featuring Boogaloo Stu and Dolly Rocket.
All photos were taken by Russ Bell - this was photographed and filmed in April 2010 and it was bloody freezing!!!
Brighton Pride at the Marlborough (2016).
Annual street party featuring Lasana Shabazz, Christeene and Impermanence Dance Theatre.
Filmed by Duncan Jarvies, edited by Rosie Powell.
Created by queer black and brown folks with disabilities, Brownton Abbey is a transcendental mash-up of performance and party that centres intersectionally marginalised identities.
Since 2018, the Brownton Abbey collective has been taking over venues across the UK and internationally, including London’s Southbank Centre, Brighton Dome, Glasgow School of Art, and Toronto’s Harbour Front Centre.
The following items have been donated to the archive by Carl Boardman. 1. This is a digital reproduction of a flyer for a cabaret and choral performance at The Old Market as part of a collaboration between The Rainbow Chorus and The Accidental Theatre company. The performance was held on the 4th December 1999 in aid of The Sussex Beacon, who specialise in the care and support of those living with HIV. 2. This is a digital reproduction of a flyer for 'A Requiem for Those Who Die Young', a collaboration between Joshua Mills-O'Connor and The Accidental Theatre Company. The performance was held on the evening of the 5th December 1998 at The Brighthelm Centre in aid of the World Aids Day Fund in Brighton.
A promotional poster for David Hoyle's performance 'David Hoyle Ends LGBT History (Month)' taking place at the Marlborough Pub & Theatre on February 27th & 28th, 2015. The performance featured a guest spot from Brighton & Hove based cabaret performer Alfie Ordinary.
Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) was a born performer. This early photograph shows the teenage Dougie ready to forge his professional career that would span over 70 years and see him perform in revues across the West End for the social elite including the Bright Young Things in Café de Paris in the 1920s, to right across the Fare East in WWII entertaining the troops.