where to. now the sequins have gone?
Bijou Stories are delighted to share details of their latest project, an exploration of the lost LGBTQ+ pubs of Lewisham. Read more here
Read More where to. now the sequins have gone?Author: Paul Green
Freelance project manager and curator.
Telling Stories
Bijou Stories is all about documenting the stories of the LGBTQ+ community and sharing them in creative ways which make them accessible and relevant. Whilst the stories may be documented in traditional ways i.e. oral history/audio recording, video and photography and written documents, we also want to explore how we can highlight the stories – […]
Read More Telling StoriesBijou Stories at Fierce Queens
Fierce Queens at The Queen’s House, Greenwich Friday 25th February 7pm – 11pm More information available here Found lurking in a dusty closet in the Queens House, various members of Bijou Stories had started creating their own esoteric world based on the ghostly glamour of decaying Hollywood seaside towns. Deciding it was probably best to […]
Read More Bijou Stories at Fierce QueensShore Leave Film NIght
Thurs. 24th Feb. 2022. 6.30pm – 8.45pm Bathway Theatre, Woolwich. SE18 6QX https://www.outsavvy.com/event/7995/shore-leave-film-night-querelle Getting here Querelle Querelle, the sailor, is on shore leave in a highly stylised version of the French port town of Brest, where he becomes entangled in a web of violence and eroticism. The final film by prolific German director, Rainer Werner […]
Read More Shore Leave Film NIghtRebel Dykes: The Podcast
Rebel Dykes: The Podcast launch has now been rescheduled for Thursday 17th February. The event includes a screening of Rebel Dykes and a Q&A with Fisch and podcast producer, Rosie Oliver. Get your FREE tickets here.. https://www.outsavvy.com/event/7545/rebeldykes Bijou Stories has been collaborating with the Rebel Dykes, capturing more stories from their outsider days in the […]
Read More Rebel Dykes: The PodcastTextile Activism
Sarah-Joy Ford will be joining Bijou Stories for this workshop inspired by queer activism, visual culture and community story telling. Each participant will create their own individual banner that will be hung on a dowling rod ready to be marched with or hung up. In your banner you will be able to tell your own […]
Read More Textile ActivismWig Out!
Wig Out! this half-term holiday.
Read More Wig Out!Free film Screening
We have a limited number of free tickets to a virtual screening of new film Madame. A family saga based on private archive footage, MADAME takes us onto an intimate journey where a flamboyant 90-year-old grandmother and her filmmaker grandson explore the development and transmission of gender identity in a patriarchal environment. This is a […]
Read More Free film Screeningjoin the rainbow lottery
You can help support our work and be in with the chance of winning up to £25,000! And even more importantly, you will be supporting Bijou Stories and helping to develop our programme of creative activities for the LGBTQ+ community. Register on the site and select Avant-Gardening CIC/Bijou Stories as your supported cause, then buy […]
Read More join the rainbow lotteryRebel Dykes/Bijou Stories
Bijou Stories aims to capture the stories and memories of the LGBTQ+ community and the story of the summer was undoubtedly the Rebel Dykes exhibition at Space Station 65. We have been working with the gallery and the Rebel Dykes to produce a podcast (coming in October) which captures responses to the exhibition and the […]
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