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&#;Go slow, don’t try and be the next great thing. Do what you love and it will shine through:&#; An interview with the HomoElectric team
By Ryan Moss
- 10 Mar
- 8 min read
Header credit: Jen Amelia Photography /
Manchester&#;s HomoElectric has given &#;homos, heteros, lesbos, don&#;t knows and disko asbos&#; a place to dance for over twenty years. But where did the plan for the night appear from? &#;after years of late-night drinking in the lesbian bar Follies&#; says Luke Unabomber, founder and resident of the valued club night.
Luke had already been playing and promoting in Manchester for a while. Electric Chair, his night co-run with DJ partner Justin Unabomber, was a place the city&#;s best DJs span eclectic tunes. HomoElectric, then, was to become a &#;gay version of Electric Chair. Holding up the flag for all things actual and passionate&#;.
Taking place in Follies, the bar where he initially came up with the idea, Luke and Ryan Minchin collaborated on HomoElectric, a late hours &#;for homos, heteros, lesbos, don’t knows and disco asbos. A queer territory that saw the most wonderful mix of people. From old-school lesbians, thespian artists from Hulme, gender non-conforming, drag artis
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Ben’s hoping his first go out with a man can provide him with some much-needed answers, but is he expecting too much?
Set in their local pub – The Halfway Property – a place packed of memories; birthdays, christenings, funerals, and now this first date.
All the regulars are in, watching as Ben desperately tries not to crumble under the weight of his modern life.
The show candidly explores identity and self-acceptance, whilst stewing in the awkwardness of ‘first dates’.
Reviews from previous show (BI-TOPIA):
“Extremely moving, nuanced piece of theatre, steeped in humour” — The Stage
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At this event you can expect to meet around people in minute dates with an interval half way through for refreshments.
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