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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Jodie Steele and Ross William Wild to star in Gatsby: The Musical
Jodie Steele and Ross William Wild will return to the central roles of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby for the festive run of Ruby in the Dust Theatre’s Gatsby: The Musical at the Southwark Playhouse. Steele (SIX The Musical, Heathers) and Wild (Million Dollar Quartet, American Idiot) will be joined by Luke Bayer (Everybody’s Talking […]
Rock musical Dorian back online for Halloween
As a Halloween treat for theatre fans Dorian A Rock Musical, the new stage version of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel The Picture of Dorian Gray will be streamed on demand via stream.theatre from 31 October until 28 November 2021. Filmed at a secret location in London’s Mayfair, Ruby in the Dust Theatre’s contemporary take on […]
Christmas season for Gatsby musical at Southwark Playhouse
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 […]
Dorian A Rock Musical – Stream.Theatre
Dorian A Rock Musical is available via Stream.Theatre until 12 August 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Yes! This is what we live for. This is a brand-new British musical. Dorian A Rock Musical is based on Oscar Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray – a witty, dark, decadent […]
Bart Lambert will play the lead in Dorian A Rock Musical as new streaming dates announced
Offie Award-winning actor Bart Lambert (Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, Hope Theatre) will take on the title role in Dorian A Rock Musical, a new stage version of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which will be launched on stream.theatre a month later than planned. Lambert will take over the […]
New Dorian Gray musical to launch on stream.theatre
Keith Ramsay will take on the title role in Dorian A Rock Musical, a new stage version of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which will be launched on stream.theatre next month. Recently seen in Preludes at the Southwark Playhouse, Ramsay (Amour, Charing Cross Theatre, Lost in Yonkers, Watford Palace) stars alongside […]
New cast members and dates for Gatsby online concert
West End stars Jodie Steele and Liam Doyle are among the new cast members announced for the upcoming digital concert version of Gatsby A Musical later this month. Steele (Six The Musical, Heathers) will play Daisy Buchanan with Doyle (Wicked, Legally Blonde) as her husband Tom and Joe Frost (Jersey Boys, An Officer and a […]
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 […]
Live theatre performances feature in new online series In The Wings
Olivier award-winning composer Richard Thomas will feature alongside West End stars for the first live performances in a theatre with a live band since the Covid-closedown. Filmed from 3-6 June 2020 in strict accordance with social distancing rules, In The Wings is a four-part series of interviews and live entertainment focusing on composers, writers and […]
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 […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in New Orleans – Arts Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in New Orleans continues at the Arts Theatre Upstairs, London until 30 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Theatre company Ruby in the Dust is gaining quite a reputation for presenting classic stories with a fresh and innovative approach which also complements the essence of the text. Bringing that approach […]
Dorian Gray – Riverside Studios
Dorian Gray continues at the Riverside Studios, London until 10 May. Innocence and corruption collide in Ruby in the Dust’s dark and seedy production of Oscar Wilde’s late Victorian novel, Dorian Gray. The popular piece, which continues to be adapted for the stage and screen, focuses on the story of the naïve Dorian Gray who sacrifices […]
