The director of Mamma Mia!, The Iron Lady and the forthcoming Tina Turner musical will join us for a webchat at 1pm GMT on Tuesday 13 March 1.55pm GMT Not many directors have done Wagner’s Ring cycle, a hit jukebox musical and had an Oscar-winning film. But we’ve come to expect the unexpected from the phenomenal Phyllida Lloyd. She has, says Fiona Shaw, an “unparalleled gift at playfulness mixed with serious profound thinking”.Her Abba musical Mamma Mia! is still a favourite in the West End, almost 20 years after it opened. It has run on Broadway since 2001 and been a hit around the world. Lloyd made her film directing debut with an adaptation, starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, which became one of the most successful British movies ever. She then directed Streep’s Oscar-winning performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011). Continue reading…
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