Ruby in the Dust's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN to Transfer to the Tabard Theatre, Sept 23

Following a critically acclaimed run at the Kings Head Theatre, Oscar Wilde's celebrated classic Lady Windermere's Fan, updated to the 1930s, transfers to the Tabard Theatre.

LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN was the playwright's first big hit and when it premiered in London in 1892 it catapulted him to success.

Young, rich, beautiful and happily married, Lady Windermere has it all. Until her husband invites a mysterious widow to her 21st birthday ball. Who is she? Why is she there? What is their secret? Suddenly everything that Lady Windermere holds dear is in jeopardy. Nothing is as it seems in this satirical thriller, full of intrigue, jealousy and Oscar Wilde's famous, inimitable one-liners.

Lady Windermere's Fan play was first published in the 1890s. Like many of Wilde's comedies it bitingly mocks society's morals and continues to be relevant in whatever decade it is presented. It differs from his other 'comedies' in that it exemplifies Wilde's most successful dramatic technique: the mixing of the comic and the serious, which makes it an inherently more interesting piece than his later, more popular plays.

Directed by Linnie Reedman it is set against the backdrop of the popular songs of the1930s.

Formed in 2006 by Young Vic genesis director Linnie Reedman and acclaimed composer/musical director Joe Evans, Ruby In The Dust has over a dozen productions under its belt, including the critically praised The Great Gatsby Musical, Hutch (both at Riverside Studios), Miracle starring Susannah York and Tim Woodward, (St Andrew Church Crypt and Leicester Square Theatre) and Bonnie and Clyde (The King's Head Theatre) and most recently Dorian Gray (Riverside Studios)

DETAILS:

At TABARD THEATRE, 2 Bath Road, London W4 1LW

Turnham Green Underground, District Line

Runs September 23 to October 11: Tues - Sat 7:30pm; Mats Sat 4.00pm

Tickets £16.00 (£14 concessions)

Box office: 0208 995 6035 or www.tabardtheatre.co.uk