Sid Phoenix

In this ‘special circumstances’ year, the Offies 2021 Awards Ceremony celebrated the creativity and resilience of our artists in fringe, alternative and independent theatre in a time of crisis who have found new ways to produce fresh and inventive work for thousands of stay-at-home audiences.

The cast has been announced for a musically infused version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' which will play at The Arts Theatre Upstairs this Summer. Set in the 'Birthplace of Jazz', the tale unfolds from the crumbling New Orleans jazz clubs and out into the Louisiana Bayous - bringing to life Shakespeare's text amidst the dark imagination of the American Deep South.

The quintessential "roaring twenties" story - the heightened style of musical theatre actually really suits the exaggerated characters and their lavish lifestyle. The Great Gatsby runs at the Riverside Studios until June 8.

Michael Lindall is the face of London's latest Jay Gatsby as Ruby in the Dust's acclaimed stage version of the American literature classic The Great Gatsby returns to the London stage the very same week as Baz Luhrmann's Gatsby Hollywood movie opens in the UK. Check out a first look at the production below!