Upcoming Events at Dorich House Museum | February – March 2025

Queering Dorich House exhibition by artist Honey Birch Until 01 March 2025

Image credit:  Ellie Laycock

Here, Somewhere, a reinvention of Dorich House as a queer home, questioning its history and imagining a simultaneous queer future. A selection of archival materials, pointing to the supposed lavender marriage of Dora Gordine and Richard Hare – hinted at by former friends and acquaintances of the couple – is displayed throughout the building. 

Guided Tours by artist Honey Birch with live dance performances by Kingston University BA Dance student Keira Chalmers-Rix

11am and 2pm Saturday 15 February | Free | BOOK HERE

Honey Birch will lead guided tours of their exhibition which includes the installation of two domestic objects: a bed and curtains. One of intimacy, the other of privacy. Double Bed, located in the museum’s first floor modelling studio, speculates on Gordine and Hare’s bedroom life, presenting their sleeping arrangement as a foot-to-foot affair. Kiss Me in the Straight Club – On Curtains, in the top floor apartment, recollects Birch’s night out in a straight club, shrouding Dorich House’s living space in queer storytelling, emphasising the balance of joy and fear that is experienced when outside of the sanctity of queer community.

During the tour, Keira Chalmers-Rix, a level 6 Dance student at Kingston University, will deliver a performance in the modelling studio inspired by the exhibition. The song Chalmers-Rix’s has chosen to dance to is an instrumental version of ‘Casual’ by Chappell Roan, a queer artist who expresses the feelings of a relationship between lovers with incompatible desires in the original song.

Guided Tours for February

11am Thursday 6th, Saturday 8th and Thursday 20th February | £5 | BOOK HERE

Join one of our knowledgeable tour guides to explore Dorich House Museum and learn more about the history, sculpture and collection. Guided tours usually last one hour.

Lunchtime Music Concert

1pm Friday 7 March | Free | Drop-In

A special music concert performed by Kingston University students. This drop in concert will be held in the museum’s first floor Modelling Studio. The acoustic programme is inspired by the students’ responses to Dorich House, ranging from classical to contemporary and features a line-up of instrumental and voice.

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