Thatcher - The Musical

U Turns? You turn if you want to, but the lady is not for turning. Singing, dancing and cloning yourself into 10 people at once on the other hand…

Yes folks. This isn’t some Chris Morris/ Peter Sutcliffe The Musical-type of gag, there really is a Lady Thatcher musical - and it opened at the Warwick Arts Centre last night.

Thatcher: The Musical (Books) focuses on the Iron Lady’s exploits, such as
the Falklands War, and the hilarious miner’s strike, where good old
Maggie put an entire county out of work with one felled swoop. Also
under Thatcher: The Musical’s microscope is the laugh-a-minute moment when
some mad people blew her up in Brighton! Will they recreate the moment
when Dennis was carried out on a stretcher, clinging on to his
life in dance and song? Perhaps they’ll issue children
in the audience with bottles of milk, just for Maggie to come and swipe
them away!

10
different actresses portray Baroness Von Thatcher in a potentially woeful
attempt at camp and edgy humour. They will be exploring the lasting
impact she has had on this country (and the Irish, the Argentinians,
Iraqis and everyone else she trod on) and the apparently what she’d
say if she were still compos-mentis today.

After a brief
preview, hecklerspray discovered that all the actresses have the same
gawd-awful nasal pang that her ladyship has, and also sport rubber
wigs to echo Thatcher’s Viennetta-esque hair. The 10 sing songs
such as The Cabinet Shuffle, The Tory Blues
and The Thatcher Anthem. Other than these wheezes, they also
reveal the contents of her bag, which presumably will have the same
contents as many ladies bags - some lipstick, an old tissue, some fluffy
old sweets, fags, gin and a 14 inch vibrator.

Whether or not a ‘pauper’ was brought in for the girls to piss on could not be confirmed.

Thatcher: The Musical is put on by the Forthsight group who have previously aired stage idioductions such as Six Dead Queens And An Inflatable Henry. Foursight
director and general Hooray Henrietta, Naomi Cooke said:

"We hope
people of all political persuasions will come and see the show. It will remind us of a fascinating and controversial
period in our political history which continues to resonate in our
lives today."

Rotten tomatoes at the ready then?

Read more:

Thatcher musical set for premiere - BBC 

[story by Mof Gimmers]