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After the Act review – Thatcher’s section 28 stirs a fiery protest musical

Ellice Stevens and Billy Barrett’s fizzing production traces the story of the Tories’ anti-gay legislation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023

‘It feels like a healing process’: Breach Theatre on making a musical about Section 28

Two decades on from the repeal of the law that banned the ‘intentional promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, risk-taking theatre company Breach are making a musical about Section 28. They tell Isobel Lewis about the present day parallels

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

‘It stole years’: the musical about those silenced by anti-gay law Section 28

Influenced by the music of Billy Bragg, Bonnie Tyler and Meatloaf, After the Act explores the culture of fear and self-censorship caused by the law, voted through by the Tories during moral panic about Aids

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023