From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvGeoff Deane

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This is the tale of life lived large, a collection of uproarious and often moving stories spanning 60 years, from Geoff s youth as a clothes obsessed Jewish suedehead, hanging out in Tottenham dancehalls, via straight Bowie Boy frequenting London s gay clubs, gender confusion in Manhattan s Studio 54, and on to huge career success as a screenwriter. With a cast ranging from local oddballs to international celebrities, Geoff Deane s unique take on the world is only matched by his extraordinary use of language which combines Cockney rhyming slang with Yiddish and a smattering of Polari.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-13
Mått129 x 198 x 23 mm
Vikt238 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagMuswell Press
ISBN9781739471637

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I have been a fly-pitcher working out of a suitcase, a kitchen porter at Jewish functions, and flogged suits to Nigerians down Brick Lane market. I was the singer in a much-loved culty punk band the Leyton Buzzards, a floppy-haired pop star in Modern Romance, a songwriter, and record producer. I wrote a gay anthem for John Waters drag queen muse Divine, worked as journalist and restaurant critic for style magazines The Face and Arena, before becoming a successful writer and producer of TV comedy. I then wrote a couple of films, one of which, Kinky Boots became a Tony Award winning Broadway stage show. Geoff Deane grew up in London s East End. He was a singer in the punk bank the Leyton Buzzards before going on become lead singer in Modern Romance. He worked as a journalist on The Face and Arena and subsequently became a tv and film scriptwriter with credits including Kinky Boots and It s a Boy Girl Thing.