Join us for free drop-in workshops to create a DIY promotional campaign for, and by, residents of the Borough of Greenwich. We will be using easy to use, accessible tech to experiment with ways of visualising mental health and how it is perceived by the LGBTQ+ community. The promotion will also signpost places where people […]
Read More LGBTQ+ mental health campaignAs part of LGBTQ+ History Month we are delighted to present a rehearsed reading of The Dear Love of Comrades (1979) by Noel Greig
Read More Sweatshop RESCHEDULEDWhere To Now the Sequins Have Gone? is an ongoing project exploring the communities that developed around the many gay venues that existed in the 1970s – 2000s. The stories that people have shared about their experiences give us an alternative narrative and unique perspective on the socio-political history of the times and help us […]
Read More Where To, Now the Sequins have gone?We are opening Wednesday 21st September – Saturday 8 October (closed Mondays) The exhibition is open from 12:30pm to 7pm Tuesday – Saturday. Sequin Sunday opening hours are 12:30pm – 3:30pm Stories from the lost gay bars of Lewisham haunt this pop-up LGBTQ+ space that will be taking over the We Are Lewisham shop in September. Part exhibition […]
Read More Where to, now the sequins have gone – exhibitionSunday 25th September 12:30pm – 3:30pm Sunday 2nd October 12:30 – 3:30pm Book your FREE tickets here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/10439/sequin-sunday Each Sunday will be a take on the traditional gay pub Sunday afternoon cabaret with singalongs, special guests and a discotastic playlist of anthems from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Hosted by MC Alotta Nerve prepare for […]
Read More Sequin SundaysThis event has been rescheduled Thurs 29 Sep 4.30pm for 5pm – 7pm Angels Descend on Paris is a play by radical gay playwright Noel Grieg. First performed at The Albany in 1975, the play was inspired by Noel’s fear of the sight of neo-Nazis on the streets of London. The play received positive reviews […]
Read More Angels Descend on ParisAnimal Magic is an informal social event and chat show hosted by Caroline Smith and Paul Green. Animal Magic explores the inner animal in relation to queer identity, an identity often forged outside of the heteronormative mainstream culture and adapted in response to a combination of social norms and peer interactions. We will be joined […]
Read More Animal MagicBijou 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?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 StoriesFierce 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 Queens
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