Although Madonna is not your typical 65-year-old, most 65-year-olds wouldn’t be found out on the town attending a play in London’s West End that features explicit scenes.
Seated in her own box at the Noël Coward Theatre on Saturday night, the American singer saw a play that has been called one of the’most startling’ to ever grace a London stage.
The X-rated drama Slave Play, which debuted earlier this month, has drawn criticism for how it depicts mixed-race relationships, how frequently it uses racial slurs, and how graphically it depicts s****l activity, including a 10-minute nude sex scene with Kit Harington of Game of Thrones.
The set features a wall of mirrors that let spectators in from all directions to get a clear picture of the activity taking place on stage.
However, in order to prevent leaks and preserve the actor’s modesty, theater owners have been forced to impose stickers that restrict cameras on cell phones.
More than just the inflammatory content is what has sparked the outcry.
Playwright Jeremy O’Harris, slated to host two nights ‘free from the white gaze’ for black audience members, was denounced as ‘wrong and divisive’ by then-prime minister Rishi Sunak in February.
Even though it received mixed reviews, Madonna is obviously a fan because she went backstage after the show to praise Olivia Whasington and Harington for their raucous performances.
The pop singer, who has already witnessed the entire frontal male n*****y of Slave Play, is infatuated.
In 2018, she attended an off-Broadway show in New York.
Madonna, who has a history of displaying her body on Instagram, is presently residing in her £10 million London Georgian home in Marylebone.
She is reportedly in the UK working on a biography about her life.
Julia Garner is speculated to play the Like a Virgin hitmaker, and the project is associated with the British writer Dan Cadan, with whom she has previously worked.
The singer used a £3000 Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 Bandoulière purse as she posed splayed out on the back seat of a 1968 Jaguar while she was in London.
Actor Laurence Fishburne from The Matrix, actress Zendaya from Dune, actress Anna Taylor-Joy from The Queen’s Gambit, and heartstopper Kit Connor are among the other celebrities who have seen the contentious Slave Play since its premiere.