Sing away the winter cold with more shanty sessions in Greenwich’s beautiful National Maritime Museum. These informal and friendly sessions are a chance to meet new people and practice singing some simple sea shanties. You will also get the opportunity to take to the stage at Greenwich Theatre on 1 December as part of The […]
Read More Winter Song o the SeaWe’re Still Here – an evening of poetry with special guest Simon Maddrell. Thursday 27 February 6.30pm at Deptford Lounge Free Tickets are available HERE An evening of poetry and spoken word celebrating older members of the queer community. Participants in Bijou Stories’ workshops will be sharing spoken word and maybe even a sea shanty for […]
Read More We’re Still Here: Poetry Night Celebrating LGBTQ+ VoicesThe year is 1966 and Selena is about to transform her semi in Woolwich into a clandestine gay bar where she serves Babycham, consults her crystal ball and greets visitors from the future who share their stories of the LGBTQ+ community through the prism of pop culture. As she greets her visitors they share songs […]
Read More Songbook: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Stories Through PerformanceForget the West End – now it’s your time to shine! Join us and share your memories of your first gay disco, or favourite Pride celebration, your coming out story, a night out with friends, the music you associate with the good times, or which transports you to a memorable time and place. These songs […]
Read More SongbookAn exhibition celebrating In Living Memory, Goldsmiths University’s Borough of Culture project collecting a people’s history of the Borough of Lewisham is now open to the public at The Richard Hoggart Building. Documenting each of the projects that made up the programme, including Where to, now the sequins have gone? the exhibition is located in […]
Read More In Living MemorySunday 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 SundaysBijou 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 StoriesSarah-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! this half-term holiday.
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