Pet Shop Boys’ musical ‘Closer To Heaven’ is set to be revived at Battersea Power Station’s Turbine Theatre.
This spring, the venue will be celebrating queer love with three shows running consecutively from March 21 until June 30.
The musical, which features a score from Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – whose new album, ‘Nonetheless’, is due April 26 – appears last in the billing, with the book by Jonathan Harvey.
“Let us take you back to the Millennium for the night of your life…” reads a synopsis. “London’s club-land is thriving. Suddenly what was wrong seems right…”
Paul Taylor Mills has said, “I’m thrilled to be presenting three celebrated queer productions this Spring/Summer. The Turbine Theatre continues to be a forefront of LGBTQ plus representation in theatre and this programme cements that. We’re hugely grateful for our loyal audiences and hope they’re as excited about our forthcoming season as we are.
“I’m particularly looking forward to completely reconfiguring our entire theatre to create a club atmosphere for our revival of the cult classic Closer to Heaven, where we will be able to enjoy the anthemic Pet Shop Boys’ sounds once more.”
‘Closer To Heaven’ originally premiered at the Arts Theatre in 2001.
Full details of the line-up are below. Tickets to all shows are on sale now and available here.
Coming Clean
Written by Kevin Elyot
Directed by Andrew Beckett
Running from March 21 until April 20.
Blowing Whistles
Written by Matthew Todd
Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle
Running from April 25 until May 25.
Closer To Heaven
Music and lyrics by Pet Shop Boys
Written by Jonathan Harvey
Running from May 31 until June 30.
