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1st Night Photos: Pride company show Russia some love on opening night

The cast of The Pride held up placards at last night’s opening to show their support for those opposed to Russia’s new ‘anti-gay’ laws

Editorial Staff
London London's West End
Harry Hadden-Paton, Hayley Atwell, Mathew Horne and Al Weaver
Harry Hadden-Paton, Hayley Atwell, Mathew Horne and Al Weaver
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The Pride, which explores attitudes to homosexuality in the 1950s and present day, is the third production in Jamie Lloyd’s Trafalgar Transformed season.

Lloyd, who also directed the original production of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s debut play in 2008, told WhatsOnStage recently: “You look at every newspaper and practically turn on the TV at any one moment and there’s going to be a new story to do with gay issues or gay rights. This all increases the feeling that it’s an important play to perform at this particular moment.”

“[The play] is a reminder that we have the luxury of being able to analyse these things in our country, which has become one of the best places in the world to be gay, whilst other people are facing extraordinary and unfathomable cruelty and oppression.”

The Pride, which stars Hayley Atwell, Al Weaver, Harry Hadden-Paton and Mathew Horne, continues at Trafalgar Studios until 9 November 2013.

PHOTOS BY DAN WOOLLER FOR WHATSONSTAGE.COM

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