Difference between revisions of "The Burnley Buggers' Ball"
From LGBT Archive
Ross Burgess (Talk | contribs) |
Ross Burgess (Talk | contribs) |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''The | + | [[File:Burnley Buggers Ball.jpg|thumb|Dean Michael Gregory as Ken Pilling, Joseph Carter as Ray Gosling, Michael Justice as Allan Horsfall]]'''''The Burnley Buggers' Ball''''' by [[Stephen M Hornby]] is a play based on the events in [[Burnley]] in 1971, including the [[meeting in Burnley Library]] when [[CHE]] was campaigning to be allowed to open a gay club in the town. It is being performed in Burnley and [[Manchester]] in February 2017 and in [[Liverpool]] the following month.<ref>Mark Brown, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/07/burnley-buggers-ball-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-sexual-offences-act "Burnley Buggers' Ball to mark 50th anniversary of Sexual Offences Act"], ''The Guardian'', 7 February 2017.</ref> |
| + | |||
| + | [[Ken Pilling]] is played by Dean Michael Gregory, Fr Neville by Kyle Walker, [[Ray Gosling]] by Joseph Carter, [[Allan Horsfall]] by Michael Justice and [[Michael Steed]] by Ollie Devoti. The play is directed by Matt Hassall.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/inkbrewproductions/ Inkbrew Productions] on Facebook.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://attitude.co.uk/the-burnley-buggers-ball-how-a-forgotten-slice-of-gay-british-history-inspired-a-new-play/ The Burnley Buggers' Ball: How a forgotten slice of gay British History inspired a new play], ''[[Attitude]]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:02, 8 February 2017
The Burnley Buggers' Ball by Stephen M Hornby is a play based on the events in Burnley in 1971, including the meeting in Burnley Library when CHE was campaigning to be allowed to open a gay club in the town. It is being performed in Burnley and Manchester in February 2017 and in Liverpool the following month.[1]
Ken Pilling is played by Dean Michael Gregory, Fr Neville by Kyle Walker, Ray Gosling by Joseph Carter, Allan Horsfall by Michael Justice and Michael Steed by Ollie Devoti. The play is directed by Matt Hassall.[2]
External links
- The Burnley Buggers' Ball: How a forgotten slice of gay British History inspired a new play, Attitude
References
- ↑ Mark Brown, "Burnley Buggers' Ball to mark 50th anniversary of Sexual Offences Act", The Guardian, 7 February 2017.
- ↑ Inkbrew Productions on Facebook.
