52 items

• '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.
• '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.
• “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.
• Annabel Pribelszki
  
  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.
• 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 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 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.
• Extraordinary Women of Sussex (2019)
  
  A celebration of the work of Val Brown. Presentation compered by Jane Traies, historian and writer of lesbian history. March 31st 2019 - Brighton Museum & Gallery. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
• Feminist Stages Book Cover & Photo (1996)
  
  1. This shows the cover of the Contemporary Theatre Studies book called Feminist Stages. Tasha Fairbanks from Siren is interviewed in the book and discusses why gender and sexuality matter so much to her. 2. This shows a photo from the book of Jude Winter from Siren in 'Pulp' (1985).
• 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.