A group of 1980s LGBTQ+ activists begin fundraising for a south Wales pit village in the dark days of the miners’ strikes. It leads to an enduring friendship between the communities and a massive ripple effect beyond. This nugget of intersectional queer/mining history might sound like the unlikely trajectory of a feelgood Richard Curtis film – but it really happened.
There is, in fact, already a film. Pride, from 2014, was made with a bucket-load of national treasures including Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy, created in the same “against-the-odds” mould as Billy Elliot and The Full Monty. This magnificent new musical reunites the screenwriter Stephen Beresford (book and lyrics) with director Matthew Warchus, who has developed the show as well as staged it.
