After the Act
$27.05
- Paperback
88 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2024
Summary
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents!
Thatcher’s Section 28, which banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, was the landmark legislation that silenced a generation, offered a global blueprint for LGBTQ+ oppression and galvanised a movement.
Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens’s After the Act is a funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about how a moral panic gripped a nation – and a community decided to fight back. Its i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839043987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839043989 |
| Author: | Billy Barrett, Ellice Stevens |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 88 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 110g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 6mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘Fizzing, fiery… sparkling satire… this musical feels exceptional… a massive achievement’
* Guardian *‘Fantastically daring… magnificent’
* Time Out *‘Empowering and gut-wrenching… full of righteous anger and euphoric 80s synths’
* Telegraph *‘Heart-rending yet joyful… brilliantly conveys the hysteria and outrage of Section 28’
* The Stage *‘A powerful and important piece of theatre’
* Broadway World *‘A moving tribute, a cry of fury, and a timely reminder against complacency – entertaining, provocative and important’
* Arts Desk *‘Dizzyingly, gleefully, furiously loud… an act of defiance and a fiery call to arms… more urgent than ever’
* WhatsOnStage *‘A triumph… overflows with heart and conviction’
* iPaper *‘Heartfelt and empowering… a celebratory piece of theatre that always engages and cleverly weaves together personal stories of hurt, rebellion, and also joy’
* Theatre Weekly *‘Terrific… works stunningly… taking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous 1987 Conservative Party Conference speech and turning it into a drag-like power ballad to open the second act is a move of pure genius, and it is this spirit of sublimely intelligent writing that underpins everything in this show… an ultimately uplifting musical that balances the light with the serious and moves just as much as it entertains… it is essential viewing – probably the most important political cautionary tale you’ll see all year’
* All That Dazzles *‘Wonderful… a powerful piece of verbatim and documentary theatre… truly joyous and unapologetically loud and proud… a shining example of what theatre is for’
* West End Best Friend *About The Author
Billy Barrett
Billy Barrett is a theatre director and writer. He is co-Artistic Director of the devising theatre company Breach, whose productions he directs and co-writes.
Ellice Stevens is a writer, theatre-maker, performer and co-founder of Breach Theatre. As a writer, she has co-written all of Breach’s theatrical shows, including After the Act, It’s True, It’s True, It’s True and Artemisia on Trial.
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