Join the fantastic folks on the @marlboroughprods.bsky.social board of trustees...

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · 2w ago

Could you help us to champion underrepresented voices in queer culture? Join The Board at Marlborough Productions! 🌟 We’re looking for up to three new volunteer Trustees, including a Co-Chair.

Our Revealing St James’s Street tours are BACK as part of Brighton Festival 2026. A project about bringing the queer history that’s steeped into the very bricks of the venues and businesses of St James’s Street back to life through the voices of the community. Join the tour: bit.ly/stjames-tour

Got a queer story worth preserving? Ever wanted to try your hand at archiving? Join us for our next Collecting Collective: Community collecting & digitising sessions this March! Tickets free, booking essential. Find out more at www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

This LGBTQIA+ History Month, join Community Champion Kate Wildblood for a free, Queer Heritage South session on the Lesbian Strength movement in 90s Brighton! Find out more, visit www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

💗 Boogaloo Stu: a true Brighton icon, who ran the ‘polysexual’ club night Dynamite Boogaloo from 1992 to 2009: See the full collection: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri... Queer Heritage South is powered by Marlborough Productions and made possible thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund.

🌈 Want to add your story to the Queer Heritage South website? Here’s Roni to tell you how to do it! Visit: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

This February, prepare for A Queer Night at the Museum, taking place from 7:30pm at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. 📆 Friday 6thFebruary ⏰ 7:30pm - 11:00pm 🎟️ From £12 👉 Find out more: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

Huge year for our work in #queerheritage and across @marlboroughprods.bsky.social diverse range of projects #queerculture #queerbrighton #lgbtqia #queerhistory So much to look forward to in 2026!

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In our 16th year of Marlborough Productions, 2025 marked out biggest year yet! We’ve worked with more artists and partnered with incredible organisations all over the country, commissioning projects up and down the UK.

The Queer Heritage South Live Archive is a pioneering digital community archive celebrating & preserving LGBTQIA+ life and culture in Brighton & Hove - and we want you to help shape it! Join our Archive Advisory Group today, visit www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

Do you remember the Candy Bar in #Brighton? Our Community Champion Kate Wildblood, one half of legendary DJ duo Wildblood & Queenie has created a deep-dive into the story behind this much-loved club and venue over on the Queer Heritage South website: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

We’ve got BIG NEWS! 🎉 We’ve been awarded £1.25 million in funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our groundbreaking Queer Heritage South project! Here’s David & Roni to tell you more… Find out more and contribute to our growing digital archive: queerheritagesouth.co.uk

There’s a fantastic queer heritage programme with the festival this year…

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@coastisqueerfest.bsky.social 🌊is crashing into @attenboroughctr.bsky.social Oct 9th- 12th and the programme is buzzing with extraordinary queer writers, performers, thinkers + doers - tix are selling fast, check it out here: coastisqueer.com Delivered with pals at @newwritingsouth.bsky.social

Some really exciting roles on our project and the wider @marlboroughprods.bsky.social team 👀

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re inviting applications for 6 roles in our company. We’d love for you to join our brilliant team. This is an opportunity to be part of a bold, collaborative organisation committed to pushing boundaries and platforming underrepresented voices. bit.ly/mpwearehiring @queerinbrighton.bsky.social

Chris and Geoff: on follies, cherubs and living theatrically The very first video edition of My Queer Museum is now LIVE! Watch now: youtu.be/t_0piiMP9Zc #Brighton #LGBTQHistory #QueerHeritage

My Queer Museum - Chris & Geoff: on follies, cherubs and living theatrically

YouTube video by Marlborough Productions

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Celebrate 50 years of Brighton Switchboard with the LGBTQ+ History Club in April! Expect talks, reminiscing, and readings from the old call log books, plus some never-before-seen photographs. 📆 Sunday 27th April 2-4pm 📍Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlborough-...

Only got until Tues at midday to @biggive.bsky.social @marlboroughprods.bsky.social are so close the target! 💜💛🖤💚

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · last yr.

Every £ donated before Tues at midday will be DOUBLED, meaning more opportunities for queer creatives. We are so close to hitting our goal, and that's all thanks to you our amazing community. Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Nail biting stuff! Can you help @marlboroughprods.bsky.social reach their goal! Double donations this week with @biggive.bsky.social

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · last yr.

Co-Creative Directors and CEOs Tarik Elmoutawakil and David Sheppeard FRSA have an update on the fundraising campaign so far! We only have THREE days left to reach our target. Donate now! lnkd.in/ev56WjSJ #TheBigGive #ArtsForImpact #MarlboroughProductions

We are a programme of @marlboroughprods.bsky.social if you value the work we do to share and preserve #lgbtqia+heritage consider donating and sharing 🖤💚🖤 #gayhistory #lesbianhistory #queerhistory #brightonheritage #brightonculture #thebiggive

Marlborough Productions@marlboroughprods.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re taking part in the Big Give. From Tuesday 18th until Tuesday 25th, every pound donated to our projects will be DOUBLED! Let's make an impact on queer artists and communities across the UK together! Donate and share 💕 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

As part of #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we’re sharing some images contributed to our archive about Siren, an all-women lesbian band and theatre company formed in 1979. Siren is Jane Boston, Tash Fairbanks, Deb Trethewey and Jude Winter. 🧵 See the collection: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

“Too many people from our communities are seen as less valid, less valued and, too often, dispensable.” 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 For LGBT+ History Month, Justin Bengry explains how understanding our queer history can help combat rising homophobia and transphobia. ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4b3j2yO

Our Community Champion Kate spoke with @divamag.bsky.social about Brighton's first lesbian club night: “I wanted something that was about music as much as it was about sex and sass... It was ours... We wanted to not be an afterthought.” diva-magazine.com/2025/02/13/s...

The incredible true story of how Brighton got its first lesbian house night

DIVA sat down with the co-creators of Shameless Hussies to find out how this history is being preserved

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Our Project Manager Roni and Community Archivist Rowan spoke with @divamag.bsky.social about the work we've done, what's on the horizon, and how we're all archivists really. “Our history is so fragile. We have to fight for it. We have to record it.” diva-magazine.com/2025/02/13/q...

Meet the archive keeping queer history alive in Brighton

DIVA spoke to Roni Guetta and Rowan Rush-Morgan about the Queer Heritage South project

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As part of our #LGBTQHistoryMonth series, we’re sharing some images contributed to our archive about the fight against Section 28 in #Brighton. 🧵 Section 28 was a piece of legislation included in the Local Government Act 1988 that prohibited local authorities from “promoting” homosexuality.

Mr Blackpool. A seaside rave at the end of the world. My new show previews at ACCA in Brighton on Sat 1st March. A theatrical installation embedding the history of ‘end of the pier’ entertainment, variety, drag and dance music. attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/... @marlboroughprods.bsky.social

Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! February is a time for remembering those that came before us and taking inspiration for the future. You can view our queer community archive of #Brighton and #Hove via the link in our bio🌈

Did you know we have a podcast? My Queer Museum is a collection of stories and objects that won't end up in a traditional museum, told through interviews with some of our favourite queer people in Brighton & Hove. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1725250

My Queer Museum

A collection of stories and objects that won't end up in a traditional museum! David Sheppeard and Roni Guetta interview some of their favorite queer people in Brighton and Hove about the objects they...

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📝New blog post! Nu, our Disability Community Champion, shares their thoughts on the project so far, what drew them to QHS, and what they want to do next! queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

📝New blog post! Rounding up the year, Kate, our older lesbian Community Champion, has shared photos from one of their 'Rebooting Our Archive' events. The series of events looked at the power of music and oral history. Read now via the link in our bio! 📸: Rosie Powell #QueerHeritage #Brighton

📝New blog post! To round up the year, our community champions are sharing their thoughts on the project so far, what drew them to QHS, and what they want to do next! Up first is Laura, our QTIBPoC Community Champion. queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...

"Love is life that lasts forever." To commemorate World AIDS Day, we're sharing the names and faces that are part of the Brighton AIDS Memorial Collection, hosted by Queer Heritage South. Take the time to view the stories and memories on our website. #Brighton #QueerHeritage #WorldAIDSDay