Pride review – solidarity between gay activists and miners in a magnificent musical

Dorfman theatre, London The director and writer of the hit 2014 film deliver a stage celebration of togetherness in the face of adversity 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 nationa

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