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| − | '''Peter Scott-Presland''' (formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]]. | + | '''Peter Scott-Presland''' (formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of [[Homo Promos]]. |
| − | He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref> | + | He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."<ref name=wicker>http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker</ref> |
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| + | He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when [[Gay Sweatshop]] was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against [[Section 28]] which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".<ref name=wicker /> | ||
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| + | Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the [[Capital Quiz]]. | ||
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| + | In 2010 he was contracted by [[CHE]] to write the official history of the organisation.<ref>http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.htm</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:14, 2 February 2013
Peter Scott-Presland (formerly Eric Presland) is a gay writer and cabaret artiste, and founder of Homo Promos.
He studied English and Drama at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1968–1974) where he "did pretty much nothing else except perform, direct and write revues and cabaret."[1]
He had been running gay theatre companies since 1975; in 1987, when Gay Sweatshop was folding, he set up Homo Promos: the name was a reaction against Section 28 which aimed to ban the "promotion of homosexuality".[1]
Between 1987 and 2007 he helped run the Capital Quiz.
In 2010 he was contracted by CHE to write the official history of the organisation.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/92 HOMOS PROMOS: Peter Scott-Presland talks to Tom Wicker
- ↑ http://c-h-e.org.uk/pressrel-chebook.htm
