Celebrating the show's 10th anniversary and following another run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Soho arrives at Salford's Lowry (September 10-14).
Created by Cheshire duo Matt Tedford - starring as Margaret Thatcher - and director Jon Brittain, this gay odyssey about LGBT rights, the 1980s and disco, is set in 1988 on the eve of the vote on the notorious "anti-gay" Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which effectively prohibited the "promotion" of LGBT matters by local authorities (and which was repealed five years later).
Maggie gets lost in Soho and accidentally becomes a cabaret superstar. Will she change her mind about her "family values" bill before it’s too late?
Tedford, creator and star of the show, is an actor, performer and writer from Widnes. He won "best male performance" at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival for Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, and reprised the role in sequels Margaret Thatcher, Queen of Gameshows and Queen of Club Nights. Other credits include the European premier of Act of God, Eastenders and the film Freedom: Pride at 50.
Chester-born Brittain is a double Olivier award-winning writer and director. whose theatre work includes current hit Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!
As a director, Brittain has also worked on all of John Kearns’ live comedy shows – including the Edinburgh comedy award winning Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick, as well as shows for Tom Allen, Tom Rosenthal, Mat Ewins and Janine Harouni. He co-wrote Apple TV's The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and was staff writer on Netflix’s The Crown.
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