A play of interest
Lass O’Gowrie Productions is the acclaimed in-house development studio of Manchester’s award-winning Lass O’Gowrie.
Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor of the pocket calculator and the Sinclair ZX81 (the first ever personal computer), was Britain’s pioneer entrepreneur-boffin and a constant innovator in electronics. But by 1986 the bottom was falling out of the British electronics industry and to save his ailing company Sir Clive was forced to strike a desperate deal with arch-rival Amstrad – the new big name in home computing started by one Alan Sugar.
Together in Electric Dreams spotlights the tense and tactical dinner-date between the two business kingpins as they each try to secure the advantage while enjoying supper in a traditional Japanese restaurant. Funny and poignant, it’s a revealing look at a little-known historical encounter, and a portrait of two apparently different men who found themselves fighting over the same turf and changing millions of lives in the process.
Ticket Price : £6.00