This shows the postcard (front and back) used to promote Siren’s show ‘Les Les’. The postcard was used for the opening of the show at The Pavilion Theatre, Brighton. It shows Jude Winter and Jane Boston. They were the only Siren members who performed in the show. Deb Trethewey was still the technician at this time.

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.

This shows Tash Fairbanks, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Deb Trethewey about to have breakfast in a friend’s house after performing in London the previous night.

This shows one of the very early band gigs of Siren with Jude Winter and Jane Boston.

This shows Siren playing as a band, with Jude Winter on keyboards, Deb Trethewey on drums, Tash Fairbanks on sax and Jane Boston on guitar.

CW: This digital reproduction contains sexist and homophobic language. This shows a poster advertising Siren band playing at the Emporium in Leicester that has been defaced. The poster had been defaced with what was described in a letter attached to the poster as anti-feminist and anti-gay comments.

This shows Tash Fairbanks and Jane Boston warming up before a Siren band gig.

This shows Jude Winter sitting with some of the props on the side of the road, waiting for the van to be fetched to load up the gear after a Chic to Chic performance.

This shows a photo of Jude Winter and Jane Boston playing music from ‘Curfew’. They are both dressed in the costumes for the show.

This shoes Jude Winter and Tash Fairbanks playing in Siren band.

This shows Deb Trethewey, Tash Fairbanks, Jane Boston, Hilary Ramsden and Jude Winter with a friend, Susy Taylor in foreground of photo. Throughout Siren’s tours, they stayed at friend’s homes (or their parents) as we were not funded and could not afford B&Bs. This often meant sleeping in our sleeping bags on the floor.

This shows Jude, Tash and Deb in the van after a performance of Chic to Chic, still in costume.

A scanned image set of the Siren Theatre Company 1982 vinyl record and sleeve 'Siren Plays', released by 'Stroppy Cow records’. It shows a list of the inner sleeve with the lyrics of 10 songs composed by various members of Siren and performed by Siren. It also shows photographs of Siren on the back cover, namely Jane Boston guitar, Jude Winter keyboards, Debra Trethewey drums and Tasha Fairbanks saxophone. This was Siren’s first time in a professional studio. Being penniless, as usual, Siren cut the cost by doing the half price all-night sessions. Memories of a lot of coffee and biscuits, being shaken awake every few hours to stagger over to an instrument and try to remember which song you were supposed to be recording. The album sold at Vinyl Demand, Odd Volume, Subway Records and at the Women’s Centre.

This shows Tash Fairbanks, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Deb Trethewey fooling around ‘queuing’ to get into the van.

This shows the programme from the play ‘Curfew’. The front cover is a drawing of a women kicking out in self-defence. It gives a description of the play and a background of Siren. The play was directed by Pippa Gladhill. The programme acknowledges the poem (used in part) by Ntozake Shange “With No Immediate Cause’. The cover of the programme was created by Wendy Thompson. The image was also the poster for the play. The image of the women kicking out was taken from a photo and an article in the Brighton Argus about ‘Tiger Tash’ who taught women self-defence. The ’Tash’ referred to was Siren’s Tasha Fairbanks. The play was set in a lesbian club and explored themes of male violence against women.