Dating Amber, a teenage gay boy and a lesbian in a small Ireland town pretend to date so that they can hide their queerness long enough to make it through high school unscathed.Along the way, they find love and a community in their trips to Dublin’s gay bars.
In the exclusive clip below, Eddie (Normal People’s Fionn O’Shea) seeks solace from a drag queen in a gay bar while his pretend girlfriend, Amber (Lola Petticrew), attempts to declare her straightness to a cute girl.“Dating Amber is as autobiographical as I’m ever going to get.
It’s a comedy about growing up queer in a small town in the ’90s. But more than that, it is about that first great love (albeit platonic) that helps shape who you are to be,” Freyne tells The Advocate.