Elton grew up in Catford, south London, before moving with his family to Guildford, Surrey in 1968, where he became involved in amateur dramatics groups. [9] Reflecting on those times at an event in Guildford in 2013, Elton said: outrage and counter-outrage. Everyone was looking for martyrs. Everyone was looking for scapegoats. No one seemed to be in any mood to compromise." He's right. The book is chiefly concerned with spotlighting the catastrophic collapse of much public debate into a giant rolling fatberg of grievances, real and imagined misunderstandings, and ugly eyes-closed partisanship. Elton collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on The Beautiful Game in 2000, writing the book and lyrics (Lloyd Webber wrote the music). The Beautiful Game won the London Critics Circle Award for best new musical. TV tonight: for one night only, Ben Elton hosts Friday Night Live". The Guardian. 21 October 2022 . Retrieved 21 October 2022.

Brisbane – Ben Elton – Queensland Performing Arts Centre". Ourbrisbane.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 . Retrieved 1 November 2009.This is, of course, treacherous ground that Elton is treading but I think he strikes just the right notes and the book genuinely asks some fairly sobering questions about the direction our online, social media-driven society is taking. It may upset some, I'd be surprised if it didn't, but I'm more than happy to say I very much enjoyed it from start to finish! West End and UK Theatre venue performances cancelled due to coronavirus". What's on Stage. 16 March 2020 . Retrieved 2 April 2020. Nervousness about language is changing comedy, he accepts. "But on the whole I've always been a great supporter of what people sneer at as political correctness. I've always said that it's just good manners. On the whole I'm pretty supportive of the way things are going."

I've always liked Ben Elton without ever being his biggest fan but in this book, he genuinely spoke to me. This is relentlessly bubbly, irreverent (of course) and often very funny. No target is safe in this very-near-future world of Elton's and he fires shots seemingly indiscriminately. While most politicians have made up names it's obvious who is being sent up, for example, Bunter Jollye and Plantagenet Greased-Hogg - can't imagine who they are modelled on . . . Jones, Catherine (24 June 2007). "Macca school gong for star turns". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 2 November 2021. Stas Bekman (5 March 1989). "05 Television (all broadcast dates are UK unless otherwise stated) (Ben Elton)". Stason.org . Retrieved 11 August 2011.

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His second compilation musical was Tonight's the Night, based on the songs of Rod Stewart, which opened in London's West End in November 2003. [41] I've got a tour in Britain in the autumn, my first in 15 years. It will eventually open in 2020 coming to New Zealand. That's going to be a very interesting time for me. I think the main problem will be with political satire." To speak in such a way as to demean anothers from different religious, ethnic or sexual orientations