Queer City: London Club Culture 1918-1967 Historic/Heritage

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Queer City is a unique collaboration between the National Trust and The National Archives that will re-create The Caravan Club.

The recreation will take place at the well-known Freud Café-Bar on almost the exact site of the original club. The Caravan, ‘the most unconventional spot in town’, existed at a time when being openly gay frequently led to prosecution and imprisonment. In 1934, it was raided and closed by police. This project seeks to tell the important story of many similar clandestine LGBTQ+ spaces in and around Soho.

For the National Trust and The National Archives the project forms part of a wider programme that commemorates 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Photographs, court reports, police papers and witness statements on The Caravan and other clubs of the era will be used to re-create the striking bohemian interior of the underground club. Selected from The National Archives’ extensive collection, these documents reveal great detail and insights into club culture and the everyday prejudices facing the homosexual community at the time. This exciting reconstruction will form the focal point of a month of tours of LGBTQ+ heritage and queer club culture throughout Covent Garden and Soho. Examples of these documents will also be displayed downstairs at Freud Café-Bar.

As well as tours, there will be an exciting programme of themed talks, debates and performances capturing the spirit of The Caravan and wider queer club culture. Evening openings will allow a strictly limited number of ticket holders to enjoy club ‘membership’ where the expert bartenders of Freud Café-Bar will be providing a bespoke cocktail menu complete with drinks drawn from clubs of the era.

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Date(s)2 - 26 Mar 2017
WebsiteVisit website
VenueThe Caravan Club
AddressFreud Café-Bar, 198 Shaftesbury Avenue, London , Greater London,
WC2H8JL

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Event Details

Date2 - 26 Mar 2017
Time(s)10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
CostTours: £10/£12, Evening membership: £5
VenueThe Caravan Club
Freud Café-Bar, 198 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
Greater London
WC2H8JL
Phone0344 800 1895
CategoryHistoric/Heritage


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