Don't Miss Taboo: Nothing Succeeds Like Excess - As Shown by the High Life and Times of Boy George
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Until Jan 31, 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm, Fri 5pm and 8.30pm, King's Theatre, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow, (pounds) 7.50-(pounds) 24.50, 0141 240 1111 When Boy George suggested on prime-time TV that he preferred a cup of tea to sex, this most quintessentially 1980s pop star began a love affair with the tabloid press that would eventually accelerate his downfall. Just how he went from panto dame national treasure to heroin addict and back again, via old-time religion, is revealed here in Mark Davies's musical.
Already the most interesting show to storm the West End for years, even if it did bomb on the more reserved New York Broadway, you'll find much more than a greatest hits revival here. For while real-life specimens of the New Romantic club scene, such as Steve Strange, Marilyn, and performance artist Leigh Bowery are depicted in all their peacock-coloured glory, Taboo is effectively a Thatcherite parable of self-destructive celebrity excess.See the full content of this document
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Don't Miss Taboo: Nothing Succeeds Like Excess - As Shown by the High Life and Times of Boy George
Based loosely on George's autobiography, Take It Like a Man, the full creativ...
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