The 80s were a fabulous time for me as I was growing up and tried so many new things and listened to so many different types of music and was a member of so many different youth theatre groups! Another group I was a member of was the Leicester Youth Theatre, which was run out of a building in Herrick Road and was a very odd group indeed. With them I appeared in ’Guys and Dolls’, which was great fun and another play called ‘Have’ by Julius Hay which was recently produced at the National. Once again I made many great friends there and it was with some of them (as well as some of my other friends) I was introduced to a venue called ‘The Fan Club’. Formerly ‘Leah’s Discotheque’, the Fan club became an alternative venue in Leicester for people who liked weird and wonderful music and dressing up and it was there that I first heard and danced to this record by the wonderful Danielle Dax.
The venue was very dark and had (if memory serves me well) black walls and a deliciously oppressive atmosphere, so in tune with the dark nature of the times and the music but this was juxtaposed by the marvellous outfits that some of the clients were wearing! Needless to say I bought my 12’ copy of ‘Big Hollow Man’ by Danielle Dax from Ainley’s Records on the following Saturday and am much distressed to find that it cannot be downloaded from itunes, however it is here on ‘You Tube’ for you to hear (should you so desire). Every time I hear it I am reminded of the Fan Club and my friends Barry, Andy (a.k.a Drew), Melanie, Mark, Kayt, Charlotte, Chris and my friends from the Leicester Youth Theatre.
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