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• Brighton Evening Argus Review of Siren's 'Hotel Destiny'
  
  This shows a review of ‘Hotel Destiny’ when it opened at The Nightingale Theatre, Brighton. Harper writes that "This is a value-for-money show. There's music, songs and sporadic talent from the female cast. For once, The Nightingale, near Brighton Station, is packed."
• Brighton Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The review was written after a performance at The Nightingale Theatre in London. Newton writes that "As far as they are concerned they refuse to be ghettoised into the category of 'Women's Theatre', as it is precisely this kind of pigeonholing which can prevent their ideas from filtering into 'mainstream' theatre. For similar reasons they deliberated over titling Pulp a 'Lesbian' thriller - such labelling could frighten away as many as it attracted."
• City Limits 1982; Siren 'Curfew' Review
  
  This shows the cover of City Limits magazine, with the listings showing Siren presenting the play ‘Curfew’ at The Oval House theatre in London. It also shows a review of ‘Curfew’ by Carole Woddis in the centre of the first column. Siren shows were regularly reviewed very positively by City Limits (a rival to Time Out magazine and far more alternative at the time).
• City Limits 1983 – review of ‘From the Divine’ by Barney Bardsley
  
  Digital reproduction of the cover of City Limits magazine, with a review of Siren's play ‘From the Divine', which was performed at Hoxton Hall and Jackson’s Lane theatres, London.
• City Limits Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The review was written after a performance at the Drill Hall in London. Bardsley writes that "Siren have always been mesmerised by the idea of time travel, they move their performances through both past and future and around a central theme of DANGER: the danger of lesbian sexuality (and of any kind of 'otherness') to straight society."
• Comments Book May 1984
  
  The comments were after a performance of the play ‘Now Wash Your Hands Please’. Two comments were from males who felt that it was important for men to see the play.
• Evening Argus review of ‘From the Divine’
  
  Digital reproduction of a review in the Evening Argus of Siren's play ‘From the Divine', which opened at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton.
• Leeds Other Paper Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The review was written after a performance at The Trades Club in Leeds, and thanks Leeds Women’s Committee for financially supporting the performance.
• Phoenix Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  This review was done after a performance of ‘Pulp’ at the Premises, Norwich Arts Centre. "Siren, here acting women with 'pasts'...will, without a doubt, make it even bigger in the future."
• Review of Siren's Vinyl Album 'Siren Plays'
  
  The review is positive about Siren’s first album “Siren Plays’, praising their "articulate, strong and witty political portrayal of women's issues in an exclusively musical context." The review ends with a promotion of the gig Siren was playing as a band with Brighton band, Rhythm Tendency at The Pavilion Theatre.
• Siren Theatre Company Brighton & Hove Gazette Newspaper Article (1983)
  
  A newspaper about Siren Theatre Company in the Brighton & Hove Gazette Newspaper in 1983 concerning the group receiving a loan of £2500 from Midland Bank to produce their album. The article inaccurately says Siren formed “eight months ago”, which would have been in 1982, but Siren actually started in 1979 and produced their first play (with music) in 1980. The article referred to the Midland Bank in Dyke Road as being ‘behind Brighton’s lesbian rock band’. The bank was actually not aware that it was lending money to a lesbian band, which in 1983 was not a trendy thing to do!
• Spare Rib and The Stage reviews of ‘Curfew’.
  
  Two reviews about the play ‘Curfew’ when it opened at the Oval House Theatre, London. The review at the top of the image is from 'Spare Rib', published in March 1982. It features a photo of Jane Boston as Calamity Jane. The review at the bottom of the photo is from 'The Stage', published in February 1982.
• Spare Rib review of ‘From the Divine ‘
  
  Digital reproduction of the cover of Spare Rib, and the review of Siren’s show ‘From the Divine’. The reviewer, Liz Horsfield, writes that Lily is far more interested in Ruby [or}“is it me being a lesbian that makes me think so?” No matter how ‘out’ Siren was as a company, it perhaps wasn’t always obvious to the audience or reviewers.
• Spare Rib Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The play opened at the Drill Hall in London for 2 weeks in 1985 and was sold out every night. It returned to the Drill Hall in January 1986,. Manny describes Pulp as "a feminist play par excellence, brilliantly acted, refreshing, hilariously entertaining".
• The Cornishman Review of 'Curfew' and 'Mama’s Gone A’Hunting'
  
  This is a review of two plays, 'Mama’s Gone A’Hunting' and 'Curfew', which were performed on two consecutive nights in St Ives at The Parish Rooms. As well as commenting on the performers acting ability, the review highlighted the lighting of both plays, as being harsh and beautiful.