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Jonathan Harvey

June 2024

  • Glenn Adamson and Conor Carson in Closer to Heaven at Turbine theatre, London.

    Closer to Heaven review – Pet Shop Boys musical is still hellish

    Adequate songs are not enough to fill out Jonathan Harvey’s flimsy clubbers’ romance, though Frances Ruffelle provides some welcome razzle dazzle

September 2023

  • Jonny Lee Miller and Mark Letheren in Beautiful Thing.

    How we made
    ‘I had a panic the night my mum came to see it’: Jonathan Harvey on writing Beautiful Thing

    ‘I wanted to write a play about two boys falling in love and give it a happy ending. During the Aids crisis, it was unusual for a gay character to be alive at the end of a drama’

April 2023

  • A Thong for Europe at Royal Court, Liverpool.

    A Thong for Europe review – hilariously subversive Eurovision celebration

    An inspired parody of coming-out dramas meets a deliciously daft plot involving Sonia in Jonathan Harvey’s comedy

December 2022

  • Kathy Burke looking sideways and smirking at a gold skull

    ‘I came through the other side’: Kathy Burke on depression, the menopause and her ‘fantasy funerals’ podcast

    Despite bringing us many of our funniest TV moments, Kathy Burke has faced some dark and troubling times. Here, she talks to Sophie Heawood about solving her problems, the joy of young people, and why we should all ‘laugh at death’

November 2022

  • The National Theatre’s Hex returns this winter.

    Watch out for snowball-firing robots! 25 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

    Ian McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre

August 2019

  • A zeitgeist for sore eyes … Frances Barber as Billie Trix in Musik by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys.

    Musik review – Pet Shop Boys' musical evokes Warhol, Dalí and Nico

    Frances Barber stars as Zelig-like chanteuse Billie Trix, in this one-woman spinoff from the band and Jonathan Harvey’s 2001 musical Closer to Heaven

July 2019

  • Francis Barber

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Frances Barber: ‘Everybody in LA’s on prescription drugs but they frown on a glass of wine’

    The actor on starring in a new Pet Shop Boys musical, her addiction to Twitter and Strictly, and the impossibility of avoiding Brexit chat

August 2017

  • rehearsals for Outlaws to In-Laws.

    'Don't forget all that's happened': queer histories in 15 minutes

    In Outlaws to In-Laws, seven short plays chart how gay lives have changed decade by decade since the 1950s, from a time of blackmail to a world of dating apps. Three writers – Jonathan Kemp, Topher Campbell and Jonathan Harvey – reveal what sparked their ideas

October 2013

  • The Act Ovalhouse Matthew Baldwin - gay theatre

    Gay theatre: coming out or going back?

    Gay writing is at a crossroads, says Thomas Hescott – we've yet to produce a voice to match those who came before

February 2013

  • Beautiful Thing, groundbreaking gay play, to enjoy West End revival

    Beautiful Thing, groundbreaking gay play, to enjoy West End revival

    Jonathan Harvey's play returns 20 years after its debut with producers hoping it will speak just as powerfully to audiences

May 2010

  • Canary by Jonathan Harvey

    Canary

    Canary by Jonathan Harvey is an imaginative tribute to victims of homophobia, writes Clare Brennan

April 2010

  • Jonathan Harvey

    Jonathan Harvey: 'I've given up seeking approval'

    He is one of our most uncompromising scriptwriters. Now Jonathan Harvey is returning to the stage – with a musical comedy about gay Britain's big battles. By Alfred Hickling

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