Connections 2025: Ravers

Performed by HOME Young Company (Manchester)

A rag tag group of self-described ‘neeks’ (nerds and geeks) gather at midnight in a local park, to hold a ‘dry rave’ (no intoxicants).

Will they succeed in redefining ‘cool’? Or will the powers that be succeed in shutting down the neek revolution?

Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a writer, director, composer, choreographer, designer, producer and performer working in film, theatre, television and radio.

Having written and directed 40+ plays over the last 20 years along with several feature films, shorts and TV episodes and series, he has won several awards including the Sony Award, the Los Angeles Outfest Screenwriting and Outstanding Achievement awards, plus both a MBE for contributions to drama and an honorary doctor of letters from the University of Warwick.

Rikki’s passion for encouraging wellness, creativity and business sense in others has made a committed and effective mentor to a great many writers, actors, composers and directors around the world.

As well as hosting the Annual UK Black Pride Event, Rikki has hosted Voguing balls around the country for the last 15 years.