Gender bender pop idol Boy George took a time machine back to the Eighties with the world premiere of his musical "Taboo" which recreates a London clubland packed with outlandish cross-dressers. With actor Euan Morton memorably playing his foppish younger self, Boy George transported theatregoers back to the halcyon days of the decade when his group, Culture Club, topped charts around the world and sold 20 million albums.
The show, for which he wrote the music and lyrics, was staged at the tiny 300-seat `Venue`, billed as the first new stage to open in London`s theatreland for more than 70 years.
Reliving the glory days of Clubland, showbusiness glitterati turned out in force for the premiere where Boy George was determined next day`s critics would not spoil his big night out.
"I really don`t care," he said the show`s launch. "People are going to slag it off -- that`s par for the course. I have been slagged off for 20 years. What can they say that they haven`t said already?"
Boy George, who plunged from the summit of pop stardom to heroin-induced depths before recovering, wants to be recognised for his music and not his make-up. Bureau Report