Review Round Up: After the Act, Royal Court Theatre

AFTER THE ACT review by thespyinthestalls at Royal Court

AFTER THE ACT Royal Court ★★ “it remains an interesting and worthwhile history lesson” Jenny lives with Eric and Martin was just another children’s book in 1988. It wasn’t new and wasn’t even originally British, as it had first been published in Copenhagen in 1982. So how did this book become the starting point of a campaign, which ultimately led to the inclusion of Section 28 within the Local Government Act of 1988? After the Act is an enterta…

Review Round Up: After the Act, Royal Court Theatre

The production continues to play at the theatre until the 14th June. © Alex Brenner WhatsOnStage: **** "Breach Theatre’s verbatim musical about Section 28 is loud. Dizzyingly, gleefully, furiously loud. The Local Government Act, which banned the “promotion” of homosexual relationships in Britain’s state schools from 1988 to 2003, came into force amidst deafening homophobia…