Custard Club is the Brighton Fringe Bursary Winner 2026 and winner of the Pebble Trust Young People's Bursary. It was performed at the Lantern Theatre from 24 to 28 May. Custard Club tells the story of Nancy, a young woman whose fraught search for queer community pushes her to the most sensible solution she can muster: summoning four women from across the twentieth century to her kitchen table for an unforgettable evening of passive aggression, genuine aggression, impromptu drag numbers and custard fights. At times, Custard Club is a poignant look at queer costuming, coding and community-building, at others, a campy, raucous spectacle.

A protest sign made by two dyke friends at The Dyke Collective Brighton's sign making event held on 19th March 2026 in preparation for marching against the far right. Sign reads: "Hairy muffs against fascism!"

Two pink-and-white badges from the Dyke Collective Brighton, one reading 'With Love & Rage, The Dyke Collective Brighton' and the other 'The Dyke Collective Brighton'.

An evening event held on 14 April 2025, 7:30–9pm, including music, poetry, short story reading, and drag king performance.

The event that this flyer refers to was the launch of The Dyke Collective manifesto on the 24th April 2025, held at Dyke Night, a weekly queer social event at The Actors pub, Brighton. The Brighton Dyke Collective participated in a manifesto-writing workshop with Exploding Appendix in early 2024, and the manifesto was created as a group effort to set the tone for the Collective's future. The event included dykey activities and performances to spread the word that inclusive political action is taking place within the community. Bringing the manifesto launch to this space directly politicised it. The event was designed to celebrate dyke culture with performances, an arm wrestling station, and a table for Queers for Palestine, selling copies of the DC manifesto as part of the regular fundraising effort at the Actors. The manifesto is central to the collective and has inspired lots of dykes to get involved. The DC put these posters all around town, in The Queery, at the Universities, pubs, coffee shops, and bars. The event was a great night, with our Chair MCing, poetry from local dyke poets, music, and a reading of our manifesto to finish the night, read by members of the collective.

The meeting held on Saturday 29 November at 7pm at The Queery. It brought together dykes from Brighton and beyond to organise to defend, build, and take care of one another. The discussion focused on fighting back against a war-hungry, racist, patriarchal and misogynistic system, building community as self-defence, and existing to create, rest, look after one another, play, dance, love, and find joy within each other.

Dykes + Intersectionality Notes, including 'What Is Intersectionality?', Pre-reading, Suggested Questions, Discussion and More Discussion.

A clothes and books swap event held on Saturday 6 June, 10:30am–3pm, at Daltons. £2 suggested donation. Participants were invited to bring clothes, bring books, or simply attend; everyone was welcome, regardless of funds.

These are handwritten notes taken during The Brighton Dyke Collective manifesto writing workshop, ran by the research group Exploding Appendix, in March 2024. In this workshop Dykes were encouraged to ask what they wanted from their manifesto, what they wanted to say and achieve in their work, and how best to mobilise dykes in their city. These notes explore the role of thinking about utopia, rage, community, queerness and other topics when it comes to creating their manifesto.

Saturday 21st June - Brighton dykes congregate in joy and power post-march in the sun. A selection of hand made protest signs are held in pride and solidarity with trans friends and Palestine.

Running order list for the Brianna Ghey vigil, including Trans Pride, Floralis, Alice Denny, Reyseb Trajano, Passer from Queer House Party, and the Open Mic session

A black-and-white placard for trans rights reading: Safety, dignity and healthcare for all trans people

A manifesto for the Dyke Collective Brighton created by the community though a series of workshops and then written and edited by Sabana, Jet and Skye. It was created to formalise, describe and give purpose to this grassroots community dyke group . An important piece of collective work that encapsulates the love and rage that drives us.

Two black-and-white patches: one featuring 'DYKE', the other a heart on fire.

On the 20th March 2026 The Dyke Collective Brighton organised an event to celebrate the Spring Equinox. The event took place in Preston Park and the turn out was massive! As the evening went on the fire blazed, marshmallows were roasted, tarots were read and new friends were made. There was a beautiful energy and sense of community.