A collection of images from Siren's show 'From the Divine'.
1. This shows a photo of Tasha Fairbanks as Harry, together with the ventriloquist’s dummy, also called Harry. Tasha learnt ventriloquism from a book she took out of the library, leading up to the show. In most of the plays, it was mainly Tasha who cross-dressed to take the male parts.
2. This shows two photos from the contact sheet of photos of “From the Divine’. The first is of Jude Winter as Lily dancing with Tasha Fairbanks as Harry. The second is of Jane Boston as Ruby, with Tasha Fairbanks and Jude Winter. Although Siren always requested the return of their photos, this often did not happen, leaving the company without the original prints, hence the use of the contact sheet to show some of the images.
3. This shows a photo from the contact sheet of photos of ‘From the Divine’. It is over Jude Winter as Lily the ‘sweet good girl,’ dancing to the music of Jane Boston as Ruby, the ‘naughty bad girl’, as women were often portrayed during the war. Siren began embracing glamour for this play, leaving behind much of the agitprop look of the earlier shows.
A collection of images from Siren's play 'Hotel Destiny'.
1. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as ‘Blame’.
2. The photos show Siren members Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden on-stage and off-stage. Both Hilary and Jude were prone to ‘corpsing’ on stage and off stage, enjoying each other’s performance rather too much! (Colour photo taken by unknown photographer).
3. This shows the full cast of ‘Hotel Destiny; Tash Fairbanks as Chance, Hilary Ramsden as Miss Evans, Jude Winter as Rough and Jane Boston as Blame.
4. This shows Jane Boston as Blame and Tash Fairbanks as Chance.
A collection of images from Siren's show 'Mama's Gone A'Hunting'.
1. This shows a photo of one of the first performances of Mama’s Gone A’Hunting, with Jane Boston, Jude Winter and Tash Fairbanks. Taken by Susy Taylor.
2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Tash Fairbanks in Mama’s Gone A-Hunting. Taken by Dianne Ceresa.
3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter and Tash Fairbanks in Mama’s Gone A-Hunting. Taken by Dianne Ceresa.
4. This shows a photo of Tash Fairbanks in the foreground as Man, and Jane Boston behind her, as the Judge. Taken by Dianne Ceresa.
5. This is one of the few colour photos of Mama’s Gone A’Hunting, showing Jude Winter, Tash Fairbanks and Jane Boston, together with a life-size dummy of a man. Taken by Susy Taylor.
A collection of images from Siren's show 'Now Wash Your Hands Please'.
1. This shows a photo for ‘Now Wash Your Hands Please’. Pictured from left to right Jude Winter as P.R, Hilary Ramsden as Phyllis, and Tasha Fairbanks as Polly.
2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter as P.R and Tasha Fairbanks as Bert, dressed in a train conductor's uniform.
3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter as P.R. and Tash Fairbanks as Bert in a train conductor's uniform, wrapped in toilet roll.
A collection of images from Siren's show 'Pulp'.
1. This shows a photo of Hilary Ramsden as Kay in ‘Pulp”.
2. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as Magda and Jude Winter as Heddy in ‘Pulp’.
3. This shows a photo of the full cast of ‘Pulp’; Jude Winter as Heddy, Jane Boston as Magda, Hilary Ramsden as Kay, Tashha Fairbanks as Dolores.
A collection of images from Siren's show 'Swamp'.
1. This shows a photo of Hilary Ramsden, Jude Winter and Jane Boston in ‘Swamp’.
2. This is a photo of Hilary Ramsden, Jane Boston and Jude Winter from ‘Swamp’.
A collection of images of Deb Trethewey performing with Siren as a band.
1. This shows the photo of Deb Trethewey that was used on the rear of the vinyl album, ‘Siren Plays’. Taken by Deb Shorrocks.
2. This shows a photo of Deb Trethewey playing in Siren band. Photographer unknown.
3. This shows a photo of Deb Trethewey in a recording studio recording for the album ‘Siren Plays’. Photographer unknown.
A collection of images of Jane Boston performing with Siren as a band.
1. This shows the photo of Jane Boston that was used on the rear of the vinyl album, ‘Siren Plays’.
2. This shows a photo of Jane Boston playing in Siren band.
This shows Siren loading up the van after a performance of ‘Mama’s Gone a-Hunting’, still wearing their costumes. Often, after a performance, the get-out had to be very fast, with no time to change. This was an outdoors, daytime performance.
A brochure of queer cultural events taking place from February 2014 - April 2014 in venues across Brighton & Hove supported by Arts Council England and Brighton & Hove City Council.
The programme features:
New Ways of Living by acclaimed choreographer Gary Clarke
The Tammy Show by Lois Weaver from legendary lesbian theatre company Split Britches
Women's House by Sh!t Theatre
If You Want Bigger Yorkshire Puddings You Need A Bigger Tin by Lucy Hutson
We Object by Figs in Wigs
Ruff by Peggy Shaw / Split Britches
Women's Day Spectacular co produced with Traumfrau
Quit Playing With Yourself featuring new work from Ginger Johnson and Jo Bannon
Hurt Me by David Hoyle
Performr a new digital commission from Marlborough Productions
Pop Ahoy! article
Argus supplement I think - this would be from 2006.
Article by David McNamee
The photo in the article is by Toby Amies from 2002, and was taken at Lighthouse Studios on Middle Street in Brighton
A memory of a visit to Brighton Pride 2006
The image text reads:
"Brighton Pride 2006 memory
An amazing day, walking near Preston Park, celebrating, drinking and embracing everyone.
Such a sense of community, a lot of chaps, someone dressed as Elizabeth and partying long into the night.
After all memory of a sense of Joy"
Pride float 2023. To commemorate the 50 years since the very first Brighton Pride, Alf Le Flohic and I recreated some placards we had seen the Sussex GLF carrying on some of their protest marches. Gomorrah is Hot was a bit of poetic licence to go with the one about Sodomy being cool, which is a slogan seen in one of the old photos. Also on the float was my friend Danny and several fellow community curators from the Queer the Pier Exhibition at Brighton Museum.