In a new documentary, a group of LA-based nuns took on the Catholic church by pushing for more independence and the rights of minority groups
On one side stood the patriarchal Vatican and an austere archbishop called Cardinal James McIntyre. On the other, a group of creative and courageous nuns determined to challenge the status quo and embrace the 20th century.
The composer said his latest musical would open, even if he went to jail. Now it has – but he’s still furious at a government he says has ‘dumped’ theatre. We talk to him and the show’s writer Emerald Fennell
The first preview of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, delayed for 10 months because of Covid, is hours away. The theatre is getting a fresh lick of paint, frocks are laid out next to elaborate floral arrangements and the merch stall has Cinders face masks. A golden rococo frame surrounds a stage dominated by a glittering silhouetted cityscape. The sound of vacuum cleaners competes with the orchestra. It’s Friday lunchtime. Tonight, the doors open to the first audience.
Well, half an audience. Upstairs at the Gillian Lynne theatre, in a suite filled with designs from Cats, Lord Lloyd-Webber sits beneath a sketch of Growltiger and channels that piratical puss’s scowling spirit in a stand against the government’s “arbitrary” 50% capacity restriction, still in place owing to the delay in easing restrictions. “The truth is we’ve been dumped,” he fumes. “They don’t value theatre.” His jaw is set: “Now we have to prove them wrong.”
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