Theatrical DJ, electronic and queer vintage music curator, Auntie Maureen likes to dig deep, for music, history and rendering audible the sonic stories of the invisible, the forgotten and the erased.
Queering up DJ sets, they / she has swayed dancefloors at proud events such as Kew Garden's Queer Nature, Museum of the Home's LATES, Tate Britain’s Queer Britannia, The Wallace’s Look OUT, The Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s rowdy Big Bingo Show hosted by Timberlina, plus at quirky cultural dates for The Freud Museum’s The Minotaur, The Painted Lady & The Egg, Two Temple Place’s Jazz Age exhibition with The Sonic Sensorium, the Museum of London’s Night Museum and The Petrie Museum’s Egyptomania. They / she have also graced the decks at the Divine, the Glory, Dalston Superstore, VFD (Vogue Fabrics) 93 Feet East and Club Makossa.
Combining LGBTQIA+ historical archival research with performative music curation Auntie Maureen has contributed to the 1930s recreation of The Caravan Club in partnership with The National Trust and the Metropolitan Archives. For Duckie’s Queer History Club project Auntie Maureen was a bawdy town crier performing 18th Century Georgian queer research nuggets.
Homotopia’s Homovision, Happy Valley Pride, Risen, Incloodu Festival of Deaf Arts, Barbican’s OpenFest, Culture Mile’s Smithfield150, The Museum of Last Parties night at Museum of London, Wilderness, Camp Bestival & Bestival, Shambala, Latitude, Museum Nacht in Amsterdam, Walthamstow’s Garden Party, the E17 Art Trail, these festivals have over the years each welcomed Auntie Maureen’s diverse, inclusive and bespoke contributions.