The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (musical) The Beautiful Game (sometimes performed as The Boys in the Photograph) is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton about a group of teenagers growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969. The title of the musical ("The Beautiful Game") is a commonly used reference to football, the origins of which are disputed. The plot, which is centred on a local football (soccer) team, focuses on the attempt to overcome the violence that has engulfed their community. The Catholic team has one atheist player, Del (who comes from a Protestant family)
Ben Elton script for The Wiggles' feature film: "Pandamonium!", although he didn't direct it. He also wrote a Wiggles song for the Wiggle Town DVD and CD: "The Wonder of Wiggle Town". In September 2016, filming began in Western Australia on "Three Summers", a romantic comedy film written and directed by Elton, which was released in 2017. 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. Elton went on to write compilation shows featuring popular songs