A sprawling new drama at Hampstead theatre explores how the 1980s industrial dispute changed BritainWhen Beth Steel sent her play Wonderland to theatres for their consideration, one of them inquired whether she had seen Billy Elliot. Wonderland begins in 1983 just before the start of the miners' strike, but it was as if the theatre thought Lee Hall and Elton John's terrific musical was the last word on the matter. St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM on June 24, 2014