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Review: DORIAN: THE MUSICAL, Southwark Playhouse

However, penned by Joe Evans (score and lyrics) and Linnie Reedman (book and direction), Dorian is an awkward production that’s supposedly adapting the mores and morals of the time for a social media-obsessed audience. They reimagine the protagonist as a lonely rocker who gains overnight popularity after producer Harry Wotton takes him under his wing. Basil Hallward becomes Baz, a celebrity photographer charmed by the young star, while Sibyl Vane is a besotted opera singer. We wish we could say it works, but the team desecrates the original material - and not in a good way. Sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll have never looked so dull and unappealing.

Video: Watch an All New Trailer For DORIAN: THE MUSICAL at Southwark Playhouse Borough

An all new trailer has been released for Dorian: The Musical at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Performances run 4 July - 10 August 2024. Check out the video here!

Full Cast Announced for DORIAN: THE MUSICAL From Ruby In The Dust And Southwark Playhouse Theatre

DORIAN: THE MUSICAL has revealed its cast, featuring rising stars and seasoned performers.

DORIAN: The Musical Comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough in July

DORIAN: The Musical will premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough (The Large) for a five-week run, from 4th July to 10th August 2024.

Cast Announced for THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF HERSCHAL GRYNSZPAN at The Other Palace Studio

The cast has been announced for the new LGBQT+ musical 'The Strange Affair of Herschel Grynszpan'. Based on true events but with imagined relationships. What might have been.

THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF HERSCHEL GRYNSZPAN Comes to The Other Palace

It is 1938. A young Jewish refugee, Herschel Grynszpan, walks into the German embassy in Paris and shoots a German diplomat. He is arrested and spends the next four years in prison. When the Nazis march into Paris, they capture Herschel and send him to a camp in Berlin. Herschel has a choice: to be paraded in front of the world's press as a celebrity scapegoat; or to confess the truth - and to lift the lid on, not just his own sexuality, but the scandal that has infiltrated the Third Reich!

BWW Review: GATSBY, Southwark Playhouse

Every once in a while, we fall prey to the glitz and glam of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age. In the smaller space at Southwark Playhouse, it’s 1929. Daisy Buchanan - who now wants to be referred to with her maiden name, Fay - was in a sanatorium for seven years before escaping, still seemingly drugged up and confused, to find Jay Gatsby and live their extravagant life together. But Gatsby, of course, was killed in his swimming pool. We know it, everyone else seems to know it too. With the help of speakeasy owner Woolfe, Daisy retraces the events that led up to that fateful day.

Casting Announced For GATSBY: THE MUSICAL at Southwark Playhouse

Casting has been announced for Gatsby: The Musical; Ruby in the Dust Theatre's captivating musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel.  Alongside period glitz and glamour, a smoky jazz score and a sprinkling of wry humour will be a strong cast of West End talent.

GATSBY: THE MUSICAL Comes to Southwark Playhouse in December

Following previous successes as a sell-out concert at Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly and an online streamed concert performance at Cadogan Hall, Gatsby: The Musical is set to show at Southwark Playhouse this December.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night Of THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF HERSCHEL GRYNSPAN

Running for three exclusive performances at Above the Stag as part of the NOT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, images of the opening night on Thursday 20th August have been released. 

Full Cast Announced For New Cabaret DRAMA - THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF HERSCHEL GRYNSPAN

With a mix of music old and new and a script written by Linnie Reedman, THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF HERSCHEL GRYNSPAN brings to life a story that has hitherto been confined to the backwaters of history. On the 7th of November 1938 a desperate 17-year-old Jewish refugee walked into the German Embassy in Paris and shot a German diplomat.

stream.theatre Announces Pride Month Lineup Including TALES OF THE CITY THE MUSICAL, CRUISE and HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN

From Jeff Whitty, the creator of Avenue Q, and the Scissor Sister's Jake Shears and John Garden comes ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY, THE MUSICAL based on Armistead Maupin's landmark series of novels about San Francisco in the 70s. The presentation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the premiere musical staging at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater in 2011.

Digital Concert Revival Of GATSBY A MUSICAL Returns Due To Popular Demand

Adapted by director Linnie Reedman, and with music and lyrics by Joe Evans, the piece brings F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel to life for a semi-staged concert experience. Vibrant characters, popped corks, and infectious rhythms collide with personal conflicts and lost loves in this tragedy of the vanishing jazz era. 

VIDEO: Watch The Trailer For GATSBY: A MUSICAL

The trailer has been released for the upcoming concert streaming of Gatsby A Musical, filmed at the historic Cadogan Hall.

Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of Streaming Concert Production of GATSBY A MUSICAL

Adapted by director Linnie Reedman, and with music and lyrics by Joe Evans, this unmissable piece brings F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel to life for a semi-staged concert experience. Vibrant characters, popped corks, and infectious rhythms collide with personal conflicts and lost loves in this tragedy of the vanishing jazz era.

Jodie Steele, Liam Doyle, and Joe Frost Join Digital Concert Rendition Of GATSBY A MUSICAL

Jodie Steele (Heathers; Six The Musical) joins the digital concert rendition of Gatsby A Musical as leading-lady Daisy Buchanan, alongside Liam Doyle (Wicked; Legally Blonde) as Tom Buchanan, and Joe Frost (Jersey Boys; An Officer and a Gentleman) as George Wilson.

BWW Interview: Emma Williams of GATSBY - A MUSICAL at Cadogan Hall

Reprising her role in Gatsby - A Musical, Emma Williams chats to us about juggling acting and motherhood, writing her first novel and the roles she’d love to play.

West End Stars to Unite For GATSBY: A MUSICAL Concert

Former Spandau Ballet frontman, Ross William Wild (Elvis Presley in Million Dollar Quartet) and Olivier nominated actress, Charlotte Wakefield (Spring Awakening; The Sound of Music), will take on the famed roles of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in a digital concert rendition of Gatsby A Musical.

Theatre Composer, Joe Evans, Releases New Album, 'The Ghost Light'

On the day of the official release of his album, London based theatre composer, Joe Evans, talks to BroadwayWorld about the effects of Lockdown and how it spurred him on to revisit the origins of his career as a songwriter. Reticent to discuss the personal damaging effects on his livelihood he is at pains to emphasize that he is only one of tens of thousands to be hit by the crisis.

Photo Flash: First Images of DORIAN �" A Rock Musical �" In Rehearsal

Get an exclusive look inside the rehearsal room for the premiere of the new Rock Musical based on Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'.