Gatsby continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 8 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The beauty of creating atmosphere in a novel is that so much of the heavy lifting is done in the imagination of the reader. Adaptations often fall short when bringing well-realised fictional worlds to other mediums, […]
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Semi-staged concert performance of Gatsby musical to be streamed online
Olivier Award nominee Charlotte Wakefield will star opposite former Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild in a special concert version of Gatsby A Musical which will be made available online next month. Wakefield (Spring Awakening, The Sound of Music) will play Daisy Buchanan alongside Wild’s (Million Dollar Quartet, American Idiot) Jay Gatsby in the socially-distanced […]
Gatsby – Union Theatre
Gatsby continues at the Union Theatre, London until 30 April. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Any followers of ITV ‘reality’ show The Only Way is Essex who come along to Ruby in the Dust’s adaptation of Gatsby, a show whose publicity has concentrated on TOWIE alumna Ferne McCann making her theatrical debut, may be disappointed to learn that […]
Ruby in the Dust’s Gatsby at the Union Theatre opens today – exclusive images
Ruby in the Dust’s popular musical reworking of The Great Gatsby officially opens today for a limited run at the Union Theatre. Here, Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan offers a fantastic selection of exclusive production images. Adapted from F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, Gatsby features a book by Linnie Reedman and music and lyrics by Joe Evans. The production, which […]
Ruby in the Dust’s Gatsby at the Union Theatre – exclusive rehearsal images
Ruby in the Dust’s popular musical reworking of The Great Gatsby returns to the London stage next month for a limited run at the Union Theatre. Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan has been along to rehearsals to take some exclusive images. Adapted from F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, Gatsby features […]
Gatsby – Arts Theatre
Gatsby continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 16 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This musical version of a literary classic returns to the stage for a third outing in as many years, sharing the stage at the Arts Theatre with An American Idiot, where it plays concurrently. With the exception […]
Gatsby at the Arts Theatre – exclusive rehearsal images
Ruby in the Dust’s acclaimed musical reworking of The Great Gatsby returns to the London stage this month for a limited run at the Arts Theatre. Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan took some exclusive images behind the scenes. The exclusive showcase production of Gatsby opens on 26 October and runs on Monday nights until 16 November. Matilda Sturridge, who featured in the […]
Ruby in the Dust’s Gatsby opens at the Arts Theatre for limited run
Ruby in the Dust’s acclaimed musical reworking of The Great Gatsby returns to the London stage this month for a limited run at the Arts Theatre. The exclusive showcase production of Gatsby opens on 26 October and runs on Monday nights until 16 November. Matilda Sturridge, who featured in the show’s premiere at the Kings Head Theatre […]
