A group of women convene around a piano in a nondescript room for weekly singing practice. It could be any amateur choir in any town hall, but this motley group first meet to be among fellow lesbians and then embark on a quest to perform on the main stage of the Pride festival in a national competition.
For a while, Iman Qureshi’s comic musical drama follows an “against-all-odds” trajectory, in the mould of a good, old-fashioned underdog endeavour warmly reminiscent of The Full Monty or Calendar Girls. It is exuberant and uplifting, accomplishing the extraordinary feat of being broad and universal in its appeal, yet speaking to and about the lesbian and queer community.
