Naked Boys Reading: Pulling Out (Manchester)
Curated by James Ley
@ Manchester Art Gallery
Friday, 27 September 2019
Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm till late
£9 advance / £12 on the door
Pulling out: power play and exits.
We all have the power to withdraw but how do we use that power in our relationships and in our sex lives without ending up isolated and alone?
As Brexit “negotiations” reach a series of unsatisfying climaxes a number of questions are raised. Is the EU a power bottom? Can Scotland gain power by pulling out of the UK? And outside of politics Is pulling out the only power we have? Are ghosting and abandonment violent acts?
Extract yourselves from your homes and get to Naked Boys Reading in our triumphant return to Manchester! We really hope you can cum.
Total Top: Dr Sharon Husbands (Host)
Don't Pull Out Bottom: The Duchess of Pork (DJ)
** About Naked Boys Reading**
Naked Boys Reading is the perfect intimate live event: a literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local beefcakes, bears, twinks, otters, butch femmes, sissy sluts, bois next door, and non-binary babes with an exhibitionist streak and lovers of naturism with a well-endowed library. What began in a dirty queer basement in 2012 has grown to be an international hit! With shows in the UK, Germany, Canada, and Argentina!
**About the Curator**
James is a playwright and screen writer living and working in Edinburgh. His recent play ‘Love Song to Lavender Menace’, which premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, will be back in August at Summerhall. James’s previous plays include ‘I Heart Maths’ for Oran Mor, ‘Spain’ for Glasgay! at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, and ‘Up!’ for Edinburgh Fringe. James loves the romantic comedy genre and a frequently recurring theme in his work is queer history. He recently received funding from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Creative Scotland to write ‘I Am a Telephone’, which looks at the lives of 20th century iconic artists just before and just after the AIDS crisis. James’s plays are published by Oberon Books.
NBR Pulling Out was originally produced in association with Pride House Glasgow. Thanks to Michael Richardson and his team!