A play based on the story of a young man who bought a derelict cinema for just one pound and turned it into one of London’s most prestigious music venues opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough on July 23.
Simon Parkes was just 23 in 1983 when he stumped up a quid in an audacious deal that led to the birth of Brixton Academy. What makes the tale even more remarkable is that Parkes, a Thalidomide baby born with only one arm, had no background in entertainment nor any investors behind him.
