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 […]

Queer Theatre

Join Gemma Leader at the glorious Woolwich Works for an introduction to queer theatre making. You don’t need any experience – just relax and have fun as she guides us through a number of exercises to unleash your creativity. The workshop is FREE and bookable through the Woolwich Works website

Summer Camp

We are delighted to bring the Songbook to the beautiful, riverside setting of Woolwich Works for a programme of free workshops. From a Drag King masterclass to Queer Stand-Up Comedy now is your opportunity to try your hand at something new. Book you free place now https://www.woolwich.works/events/songbook-summer-camp-stand-up-workshop https://www.woolwich.works/events/songbook-summer-camp-queer-theatre https://www.woolwich.works/events/songbook-summer-camp-drag-king-masterclass https://woolwich.works/events/songbook-summer-camp-dance-and-movement

Songbook Session with Umami Monae

The Songbook Sessions continue with Umami Monae leading a workshop with attitude! Umami will help you discover your inner Drag Queen and create a fierce character to tell your stories. Join us at Metro Centre in New Cross for a crash course in attitude as part of Songbook.

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 […]

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 – […]

Bijou 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 […]