--- title: "Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "Lights! Cameras! Maggie! Mrs Thatcher goes to Hollywood to play herself in a musical remake of the Iron Lady and a Prime MiniSTAR is born! Will Maggie pull herself up by her bra straps or be trampled down by the man? And will she find a moment to ugly-cry so she can win an Oscar? A drag musical romp from the producer of Unfortunate and Olivier Award-winners behind Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder. 'Hilarious camp with political punch' **** (Times). ***** (Attitude.co.uk)." "og:title": "Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood" "twitter:description": "Lights! Cameras! Maggie! Mrs Thatcher goes to Hollywood to play herself in a musical remake of the Iron Lady and a Prime MiniSTAR is born! Will Maggie pull herself up by her bra straps or be trampled down by the man? And will she find a moment to ugly-cry so she can win an Oscar? A drag musical romp from the producer of Unfortunate and Olivier Award-winners behind Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder. 'Hilarious camp with political punch' **** (Times). ***** (Attitude.co.uk)." "twitter:title": "Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood" description: "Lights! Cameras! Maggie! Mrs Thatcher goes to Hollywood to play herself in a musical remake of the Iron Lady and a Prime MiniSTAR is born! Will Maggie pull herself up by her bra straps or be trampled down by the man? And will she find a moment to ugly-cry so she can win an Oscar? A drag musical romp from the producer of Unfortunate and Olivier Award-winners behind Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder. 'Hilarious camp with political punch' **** (Times). ***** (Attitude.co.uk)." --- # Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F7bfd4aad-3f6c-4e1b-a1b5-6f917f69b52f?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood Lights! Cameras! Maggie! Mrs Thatcher goes to Hollywood to play herself in a musical remake of the Iron Lady and a Prime MiniSTAR is born! Will Maggie pull herself up by her bra straps or be trampled down by the man? And will she find a moment to ugly-cry so she can win an Oscar? 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