Any Old Iron

Join us as we reimagine the music hall tradition and create a new show to be performed at Greenwich Theatre on Tuesday 6th October. TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Any Old Iron – LIVE Tickets | 06 Oct @ Greenwich Theatre, London | Pay What You Can | OutSavvy We are offering tickets on a Pay What […]

Fine and Dandy

Join us for a very special rehearsed reading of Fine and Dandy by the playwright, Sue Frumin Fine and Dandy is a fast‑moving, queer, music‑hall‑infused comedy by Sue Frumin that follows the chaotic, picaresque journey of Ernest (or Ernestine) Faigele Fine, a young Jewish gender‑nonconforming performer at the turn of the 20th century. The play […]

Winter Song o the Sea

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 […]

We’re Still Here: Poetry Night Celebrating LGBTQ+ Voices

We’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 […]

Songbook: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Stories Through Performance

The 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 […]

Songbook

Forget 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 […]

In Living Memory

An 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 […]

Sequin Sundays

Sunday 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 […]

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

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 – […]