After the Act
Tickets: £25 / £20
Students & Under 26s: £12
Accessibility:
Saturday performance will be BSL interpreted
Sunday performance will be relaxed
LGBTQ+ content, may be emotionally triggering.
Features references to suicide and child abuse, and uses homophobic language throughout.
After the Act is a new 1980’s-inspired musical about pride, protest…and abseiling lesbians.
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. After the Act is funny, camp and unapologetically queer but also a clear-eyed exposure of the political playbook used to enact repressive laws.
Its joyously exuberant original live score accompanies the inspiring, sometimes heart-breaking, stories of teachers, students and activists impacted by the legislation. This is the story of how a moral panic gripped a nation - and a community decided to fight back
Written by Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens
Directed by Billy Barrett
Composed by Frew
‘Fizzing, fiery… This musical feels exceptional’Guardian
‘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
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