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 […]
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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 […]
Gatsby – A Musical – Cadogan Hall
Gatsby – A Musical, streamed from Cadogan Hall, London. Before I begin: full disclosure. I’m not a fan of F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 jazz-age novel. I didn’t like being forced to read it at school, and laying the blame squarely with myself – and not the almost-universally-lauded contender for the No. 1 “Great American Novel” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Great Gatsby – Riverside Studios, London
Playing at the Riverside Studios, London until 8 June. It is clear from the outset that a Fringe musical of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby could never compete on scale or budget with Baz Luhrmann’s $100 million-plus Hollywood adaptation. But nor should it attempt to – and Ruby in the Dust’s production […]
Hutch is a story that needs to be told
Playing at the Riverside Studios, London until 8 June. Ruby in the Dust’s new play-with-music, written by Joe Evans and directed by Linnie Reedman, tells the story of Grenadian-born Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson who became one of the biggest cabaret stars of the 1920s and 1930s. He was also lover to both Cole Porter and Edwina […]
