In 1982, he shocked the pop music world by somehow being so effeminate that he made Bowie look butch. Twenty years on, the unsinkable Boy George is staging a musical account of those heady (or rather, hairy, as in moussed and piled on high) days of the New Romantic movement called Taboo: The Musical. God, one can only hope Limahl doesn't find out about this …

Though he's not actually in the production, Boy George composed 20 (!) new tracks for the show; though you can bet the punters will be shouting for Culture Club classics like "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" and "Karma Chameleon" – also on the score (and the soundtrack). The production, held over for months, has been showing at The Venue, the first fully licensed commercial theater to open in the West End in 75 years.

"Taboo is about young people finding love, living life, discovering identity and being famous, even notorious!" states the production's publicist. Hopefully, it's also about the torrid affair betwixt Boy George and CC drummer Jon Moss … oh lá lá!

Taboo plays Monday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. Tickets can be bought at the box office two hours before the show, or at www.ticketselect.co.uk. The Venue is located at 5 Leicester Place, Leicester Square, London.

See the Taboo website for more information: www.tabootheshow.com.