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)
Nick Lloyd Webber Nick Lloyd Webber Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born July 22, 1979) is an English composer and music producer. He is known for scoring the BBC 1 drama Love, Lies and Records, co-writing (with James D. Reid) the symphonic piece The Little Prince based on the book by Antoine de St. Exupery and also his 2017 musical, "Fat Friends: The Musical" which premiered at the Grand Theatre in Leeds and subsequently toured the UK in 2018. He has also written music for numerous television ad campaigns. "A Spoonful of Sherman" (Double CD) (2015) Webber is the eldest son of iconic British composer,