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• 'Bubbles' Poster
  
  This shows the poster used for Bubbles, which opened at The Nightingale Theatre in Brighton. Jane Boston, Tash Fairbanks and Hilary Ramsden performed in it.
• 'From the Divine' Poster.
  
  Digital reproduction of the poster for the Siren play 'From the Divine'. This shows a photo of two toy soldiers and a toy tank falling over on the keys of a piano. The play was devised by Siren and scripted by Tasha Fairbanks following the Falklands War in 1982. It was directed by Sylvia Vickers. Siren used as a starting point for devising the play, a photograph from a newspaper of a group of women waving off the troops to the Falkland war, one of whom has lifted her tops showing her bare breasts behind a Union Jack flag. The play explored the role of women in supporting wars throughout the centuries.
• 'Hotel Destiny' Poster
  
  This poster was made for Theater Frascati in Amsterdam for Siren’s performance of ‘Hotel Destiny’.
• 'Swamp' Poster
  
  This shows the poster for Siren’s play ‘Swamp’ for the performance at the Oval House Theatre in London. The play was directed by Clare Brennan. As well as touring the play in the UK, it was also performed at the Brighton Festival in May 1989.
• ‘Feminist Theatre Voices’ book cover & Chapter 3 from ‘Feminist Theatre Voices’ (1997)
  
  1. This shows the cover of the book ‘Feminist Theatre Voices’ which included interviews from 6 feminist theatre groups, edited by Elaine Aston. 2. This shows the start of Chapter 3 which covers Siren’s interviews. The interviews took place in 1989 after Siren had been together for ten years. The interview involved Jane Boston and Jude Winter. "The book comments that Siren’s lesbian identify ‘remained constant throughout the 1980s… even in the face of anti-gay legislation'."
• “Acting Out:” book cover & Chapter 9 (1993)
  
  1. The book is edited by Lynda Hart and Peggy Phelan. 2. The chapter was entitled Siren Theatre Company: Politics in Performance. It referred to Siren as having been the longest-running lesbian theatre collective in Britain at the time. 3. This shows a photo of Jane Boston, Tash Fairbanks and Jude Winter in ‘From the Divine’ from the book.
• 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 'Hotel Destiny'
  
  This shows a review of the play ‘ Hotel Destiny’ which was performed at The Oval House Theatre. The review is generally positive, with some negative remarks, but states that the performance "is an evening of lesbian affirmation with mixed pleasures - ingenious, gently laconic without being fully satisfying, subversive without truly detonating."
• 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 (March 1985)
  
  This is a copy of a page from the Comments Book, which was always put out at the exit of the theatres where Siren performed. The comments on this page related to the play, ’Now Wash Your Hands Please’.
• Comments Book February 1984
  
  This shows comments from audience members after seeing the play ‘From the Divine’.
• 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.