Linnie Reedman and Joe Evans’ Gatsby: The Musical will follow its digital concert performance at Cadogan Hall earlier this year, by playing a full festive season at the Southwark Playhouse.
Written and directed by Reedman with original jazz-infused music by Evans, the musical inspired by F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby will play the popular South London venue from 8 December 2021 until 8 January 2022.
Commenting on the musical, Reedman said: “Gatsby has become, over the years, synonymous with glamour, glitz and parties. What a lot of people forget, however, is that the ‘Roaring Twenties’ came immediately after a World War. And a global pandemic. It was a period of upheaval and great change. I think the story of a crushed American dreamed, juxtaposed against individual hope and optimism is essentially pertinent today.”
Presented by Ruby in the Dust Theatre, the creative team includes lighting designer Dominic Warwick, choreographer Chris Whittaker, costume designer Belle Mundi and stage manager Edie Fitt-Martin. Casting will be announced at a later date.
Gatsby has previously been seen at London venues Crazy Coqs, the King’s Head, Riverside Studios, the Leicester Square Theatre and The Other Palace as well as at the Theatre Royal Windsor. The concert performance at London’s Cadogan Hall starring Ross William Wild as Gatsby and Jodie Steele as Daisy Buchanan was streamed online in February this year.
Angela Thomas
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