Pride

Pride is a musical based on the 2014 film, presenting the true story of an alliance between London activists and striking miners in 1984. It is staged at the Bridge Theatre.

The musical follows a group of LGBTQ+ activists who, in the summer of 1984, chose to support miners taking part in the national miners'strike. Led by Mark Ashton, then 24, the group set up Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM). It raised money and built a bond with a mining community in South Wales, a partnership that begins between two very different groups and grows into a close friendship as each side discovers how much it shares with the other.

This brand-new stage version adapts the 2014 film of the same name. Its subject is solidarity, activism and people joining together, and it places friendship and community at the centre of the story, along with the unexpected links that can alter individuals'lives.

The production is staged at the Bridge Theatre, a concert venue at Potters Fields Park in London's SE1 district. The piece suits audiences interested in musicals grounded in a documented historical episode, and in the political and social history of Britain during the 1980s.