After the Act

$24.99

ISBN: 9781839043987
Author: By Billy Barrett, Ellice Stevens
Publication Date: 7/11/2024
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Extent: 88pp.
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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 inspiring, often heartbreaking, stories of teachers, students and activists impacted by the legislation are accompanied by a joyously exuberant score written by Frew and inspired by the music of the 1980s.

It was first produced in 2023 by the award-winning theatre and film company Breach at New Diorama Theatre, London, before performances during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a UK tour in 2024.

‘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

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