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• Maria Jastrzębska: on Girl Scouts, knives, and poetry
  
  Maria Jastrzębska shares the powerful stories behind the three objects she is donating to our Queer Museum. Polish-British poet, feminist, editor, translator and playwright, Maria has published three full-length volumes of poetry and two pamphlets. She is the co-founded Queer Writing South and South Pole. In this interview Maria talks about being a girl scout, feminist activism and intersectionality, and the inherent queerness of poetry... Recorded remotely on April 29, 2021 Interview by: Roni Guetta and David Sheppeard Editing and original music by Olive Mondegreen
• Original image for 'Siren in QueerStreet' Cover
  
  This was the original photograph which was used for the ‘Siren in Queerstreet’ cassette cover.
• 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."
• Photo from Les Les
  
  This shows Jude Winter and Jane Boston in ‘Les Les’.
• Photos from Chic to Chic (Amsterdam)
  
  A collection of images from Siren's cabaret show 'Chic to Chic'. These images show Siren performing ‘Chic to Chic’ in the open air stage at the Vondelpark, Amsterdam.
• Photos from Chic to Chic (London)
  
  A collection of images from Siren's cabaret show 'Chic to Chic', in London. 1. This shows Hilary Ramsden and Jude Winter performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 2. This shows Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden and Jane Boston performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 3. This shows Tash Fairbanks and Hilary Ramsden in ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 4. This shows Tash Fairbanks wearing her ‘Keep GLC Working for London’ badge. The Greater London Council was abolished in the month that this photo was taken, March 1986. Photo taken by Alix Adams. Siren wrote a song which they performed as a band called ‘GLC” about what the GLC had funded for women, especially for young women and girls - ‘Girls Nights’ at many youth clubs. 5. This shows Hilary Ramsden, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Tash Fairbanks in ‘Chic to Chic’. Taken by Cherry Potts.
• Photos from Curfew
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Curfew'. 1. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as Charlene and Tasha Fairbanks as Tracey in ‘Curfew’. 2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter and Tasha Fairbanks in ‘Curfew’. 3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter, Tasha Fairbanks and Jane Boston in ‘Curfew’.
• Photos from From the Divine
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'From the Divine'. 1. This shows a photo of Tasha Fairbanks as Harry, together with the ventriloquist’s dummy, also called Harry. Tasha learnt ventriloquism from a book she took out of the library, leading up to the show. In most of the plays, it was mainly Tasha who cross-dressed to take the male parts. 2. This shows two photos from the contact sheet of photos of “From the Divine’. The first is of Jude Winter as Lily dancing with Tasha Fairbanks as Harry. The second is of Jane Boston as Ruby, with Tasha Fairbanks and Jude Winter. Although Siren always requested the return of their photos, this often did not happen, leaving the company without the original prints, hence the use of the contact sheet to show some of the images. 3. This shows a photo from the contact sheet of photos of ‘From the Divine’. It is over Jude Winter as Lily the ‘sweet good girl,’ dancing to the music of Jane Boston as Ruby, the ‘naughty bad girl’, as women were often portrayed during the war. Siren began embracing glamour for this play, leaving behind much of the agitprop look of the earlier shows.
• Photos from Hotel Destiny
  
  A collection of images from Siren's play 'Hotel Destiny'. 1. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as ‘Blame’. 2. The photos show Siren members Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden on-stage and off-stage. Both Hilary and Jude were prone to ‘corpsing’ on stage and off stage, enjoying each other’s performance rather too much! (Colour photo taken by unknown photographer). 3. This shows the full cast of ‘Hotel Destiny; Tash Fairbanks as Chance, Hilary Ramsden as Miss Evans, Jude Winter as Rough and Jane Boston as Blame. 4. This shows Jane Boston as Blame and Tash Fairbanks as Chance.
• Photos from Mama's Gone A'Hunting
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Mama's Gone A'Hunting'. 1. This shows a photo of one of the first performances of Mama’s Gone A’Hunting, with Jane Boston, Jude Winter and Tash Fairbanks. Taken by Susy Taylor. 2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Tash Fairbanks in Mama’s Gone A-Hunting. Taken by Dianne Ceresa. 3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter and Tash Fairbanks in Mama’s Gone A-Hunting. Taken by Dianne Ceresa. 4. This shows a photo of Tash Fairbanks in the foreground as Man, and Jane Boston behind her, as the Judge. Taken by Dianne Ceresa. 5. This is one of the few colour photos of Mama’s Gone A’Hunting, showing Jude Winter, Tash Fairbanks and Jane Boston, together with a life-size dummy of a man. Taken by Susy Taylor.
• Photos from Now Wash Your Hands Please
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Now Wash Your Hands Please'. 1. This shows a photo for ‘Now Wash Your Hands Please’. Pictured from left to right Jude Winter as P.R, Hilary Ramsden as Phyllis, and Tasha Fairbanks as Polly. 2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter as P.R and Tasha Fairbanks as Bert, dressed in a train conductor's uniform. 3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter as P.R. and Tash Fairbanks as Bert in a train conductor's uniform, wrapped in toilet roll.
• Photos from Pulp
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Pulp'. 1. This shows a photo of Hilary Ramsden as Kay in ‘Pulp”. 2. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as Magda and Jude Winter as Heddy in ‘Pulp’. 3. This shows a photo of the full cast of ‘Pulp’; Jude Winter as Heddy, Jane Boston as Magda, Hilary Ramsden as Kay, Tashha Fairbanks as Dolores.
• Photos from Swamp
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Swamp'. 1. This shows a photo of Hilary Ramsden, Jude Winter and Jane Boston in ‘Swamp’. 2. This is a photo of Hilary Ramsden, Jane Boston and Jude Winter from ‘Swamp’.
• Programme for Siren's play 'From the Divine'
  
  Digital Reproduction of the centre pages and back page of the programme for the Siren Play 'From the Divine'. 1. This shows the people involved in the production, as well as a breakdown of scenes in Act 1 and Act 2 of the play. The programme acknowledges funding (for the first time) for Siren from South East Arts Association and Eastern Arts Association. 2. This shows an advert from the GLC Women’s Committee welcoming Siren to London with its anti-war play, ‘From the Divine’. It has an image of the GLC Peace Statue from the South Bank in London.
• Publicity Postcard for Siren's 'Les Les'
  
  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.