FEATURE: Naked Boys Reading

<p>In May this year I did something I’d never done before. (Yes I know you must all be thinking there can’t be much left.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/gregmitchell">by Greg Mitchell</a> | 19th July 2013</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4595813975.jpg" width="460" height="561" alt="Naked Boys Reading" title="Naked Boys Reading"/></p> <p></p><p>I read from my own work at Paul Burston’s Polari, a hugely popular, and wonderfully elegant gay and lesbian literary salon, which takes place at the Royal Festival Hall Conference rooms. Once a month Paul gathers together an array of literary talent, most of them published writers, many of them (like me) not, and gives them a platform for their work. It was a very exciting moment for me and my offering went down extremely well, so next week I’m doing it all again, only this time I’ll be naked.</p><p></p><p>For those of you who haven’t heard of it yet, Naked Boys Reading is a monthly event at Dalston’s trendy Vogue Fabrics, which does exactly what it says on the tin. Every month, an array of different types, beefcakes, bears, twinks, otters, butch femmes, sissy sluts, boys next door with an exhibitionist streak and lovers of naturism with a well-endowed library, will give in-the-buff readings to an audience of people into books and bodies.</p><p></p><p>Naked Boys Reading began when producers Alex and Justin wanted a new performance based event at Vogue Fabrics in Dalston. Justin suggested Naked Boys Reading, as a brother to the wildly popular Naked Girls Reading event in NYC (produced by friends of Justin - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NekkidGirlsReadingNYC">https://www.facebook.com/NekkidGirlsReadingNYC</a>). The event began last September and will be a year old this year!</p><p></p><p>Our desire is to create a queer space where the arts and the erotic mingle - attending to each other in equal measure. Our boys are literary buffs, naturists and performers. We alternate between curated events (upcoming in November is a special curated event by Little Joe Magazine - <a href="http://www.littlejoemagazine.com/">http://www.littlejoemagazine.com/</a>) and performer-chosen themed evenings. Each events covers a broad spectrum of body types and literature - otters, bears, twinks, queers, gender-fuckers, older, younger (18+ obviously!); children's literature, erotica, poetry, spoken word, biography and even a rather hilarious recipe.</p><p></p><p>This month’s theme is Leather, though there is no injunction to read anything that is specifically concerned with leather, as long as there is somewhere about one’s person or chosen piece a nod in its direction.</p><p>So, if you’d like the chance to come and see me naked and in the flesh, come down to Vogue Fabrics in Dalston on Thursday 25 July. It promises to be a fun filled night.</p><p></p><p>NAKED BOYS READING: LEATHER</p><p>“If love isn’t forever, and it’s not the weather; hand me my leather.” - Tori Amos (1992)</p><p></p><p>The boys:</p><p>Denis Balent</p><p>Martin Lisle </p><p>Greg Mitchell</p><p>Brian Mullin </p><p>TBA</p><p></p><p>Featuring:</p><p>A LEATHER CONFESSIONAL PHOTO-BOOTH by Holly Revel </p><p></p><p>With:</p><p>Sharon Husbands, host-ess</p><p>Duchess of Pork, Disc Jock-ess</p><p></p><p>Thursday 25, July, 2013</p><p>8pm (door opens 7:30) </p><p>£5 in advance (via <a href="http://nbr6.eventbrite.com/">http://nbr6.eventbrite.com</a></p><p>£7 8pm-11pm (night of performance)</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/581441341914189">https://www.facebook.com/events/581441341914189/</a></p><p>#nbrldn </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>