Photos: First Look at THE TAILOR-MADE MAN at the Stage Door Theatre
Performances will run on selected dates through Saturday 3 August.
Gwithian Evans, Hugo Pilcher, Peter Rae, Shelley Rivers, Olivia Ruggerio and Dereck Walker are starring in The Tailor-Made Man, the inaugural play at the new Stage Door Theatre in Drury Lane, the first pub theatre in the West End. Check out all new photos below!
The Tailor-Made Man will run on selected dates at the Stage Door Theatre through Saturday 3 August.
The Tailor-Made Man, by Claudio Macor, is the powerful true story of the Hollywood studio system in its heyday, its hypocrisy and the star who gave up everything for the man he loved.
William “Billy” Haines was a popular MGM movie star in the 1920’s who was fired by studio boss Louis B. Mayer because he was gay and refused to give up his lifelong partner, Jimmie Shields, and marry the silent screen vamp Pola Negri in a sham lavender marriage.
As punishment, his films were pulled from release and sealed in the MGM vaults never to be seen again, and his official studio photographs were destroyed. It was an attempt to erase him completely from movie history. But Billy and Jimmy’s turbulent, passionate love affair was to survive and lasted over 50 years. This is their story.
Photo Credit: Peter Davies
Hugo Pilcher and Gwithian Evans
Gwithian Evans, Hugo Pilcher
Olivia Ruggerio, Peter Rae
Hugo Pilcher, Shelley Rivers
Peter Rae, Olivia Ruggerio
Dereck Walker
Hugo Pilcher
Shelley Rivers, Hugo Pilcher
|
Chelmsford Comedy Club Live – Mike Gunn, Kevin Daniel, Jack Hester and Special Guest The Lion Inn (8/27-8/27) |
|
Burn the Floor: Supernova The Kings Theatre (6/27-6/27) |
|
G4 Christmas 2026 - Ripon Cathedral Ripon Cathedral (12/05-12/05) |
|
G4 Christmas 2026 - Doncaster Minster The Minster Church of St George, Doncaster (12/09-12/09) |
|
Live Odyssey Camden Market (5/22-12/20) |
|
Saturday Comedy Club London | Covent Garden, June 2026 Comedy Carnival Covent Garden (6/27-6/27) |
|
Jamie Cullum: The Pianoman at Christmas The Royal Albert Hall (12/10-12/11) |
|
G4 Christmas 2026 - Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral (11/23-11/23) |
|
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Buckfastleigh Town Hall - theatre period drama Buckfastleigh Town Hall (7/25-7/25) |
|
Extant's Enhance Shows Underbelly (8/17-8/17) |