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.
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).
Housewife’s Choice
Opening night
Saturday 24th September 1994
The Loft (previously The Asylum and downbeat) 11 Dyke Road, Brighton (members only – membership available on 0273 325491)
10pm-2am £3.50 b4 11, £4.50 after
Music policy – groovy house, tough handbag and girlie garage
DJs Gordon Lovetrain a.k.a. Sex Kitten (Zap Club) Meesh Mash, KTB.
Mixed gay
For queers, drag queens, extroverts, clubbers, girlies, dollies, fag hags, bisexuals, trollops, groovers, tarts, funky mothers, housewives, glamour pussies
Inspiration Queer Nation in Covent Garden London and Vague in Leeds.
For up-to-date information and recipe line ring 0273 731170
The shoestring budget and DIY ethos meant the LGBTQI+ club night Housewife's Choice was a cheap date - decor created from the begged, borrowed and nicked. Painted in our flat at Wilbury Road by Queenie and Michele the bedsheets were transformed to keep the 50s Housewife ideal alive.
Housewife’s Choice
Saturday 21st January 1995
Queen Josephine presents Jacksons Wig World (Jackson the Barber)
The Loft, 11 Dyke Road, Brighton (members only – membership available on 0273 325491)
10pm-2am £3.50 b4 11, £4.50 after. £1 discount for wig wearers
Music policy – wig wobbling house and girlie garage
DJs X Kitten (Zap Club) Meesh Mash, KTB.
Mixed gay
Bring your own carmen rollers and hairspray
Housewife’s Choice
Saturday 26th November 1994
The Loft, 11 Dyke Road, Brighton (members only – membership available on 0273 325491)
10pm-2am £3.50 b4 11, £4.50 after
Music policy – groovy house, tough handbag and girlie garage
DJs Gordon Lovetrain a.k.a. Sex Kitten (Zap Club) Meesh Mash, KTB.
Mixed gay
For up to date information and recipe line ring 0273 731170
Kathy tells Roni and David which are the objects that would best tell her personal queer story.
Quite literally the queer voice of Brighton, Kathy Caton is broadcaster at BBC and Radio Reverb, as well as a woman pioneering in the world of gin making!
In her interview Kathy talks about the buildings that hold our community together, how we need spaces and places to come together and to thrive.
Recorded on October 19, 2020, at The Spire, Brighton, as part of the My Queer Museum podcast
Interview by: Roni Guetta and David Sheppeard
Editing and original music by Olive Mondegreen
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
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."