Dorian Gray now a dance piece
Following the record breaking world premiere of Dorian Gray at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008, Matthew Bourne’s darkly seductive dance theatre event went on to play to sell-out houses at Sadler’s Wells last summer. This mesmerising adaptation of Oscar Wilde's cautionary fable The Picture of Dorian Gray, is now heading to Birmingham Hippodrome opening Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 November..
Much of the highly acclaimed original cast of the production return including Richard Winsor as Dorian Gray, and Michela Meazza as Lady H. They are joined by Jason Piper who takes the role of Basil Hallward. Jason last worked with New Adventures dancing The Swan in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake in 2005. Other cast members include: Ashley Bain, Joe Colasanti, Jared Hageman, Dominic Lamb, Christopher Marney, Dominic North, Joe Walkling and Chloe Wilkinson.
Dorian Gray was awarded the Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel Award for Excellence at the 2008 Festival. More accolades followed at the National Dance Awards, with New Adventures nominated for Outstanding Company. Matthew Bourne was also nominated in the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards 2008 in the Best Choreography category.
Set in the image-obsessed worlds of contemporary art and politics, this “black fairy tale” tells the story of an exceptionally alluring young man who makes a pact with the devil. Amongst London's beautiful people, Dorian Gray is the "It Boy" - an icon of beauty and truth in an increasingly ugly world. The themes behind Wilde’s cautionary tale - the destructive power of beauty; the blind pursuit of pleasure; the darkness and corruption that lie beneath the charming facade - have never been timelier.
Best known for his adaptations of classic stories, Swan Lake, Nutcracker!, The Car Man and Edward Scissorhands. Dorian Gray is Matthew Bourne’s newest production. The show reunites the team that created the double Olivier award-winning hit Play Without Words: designer, Lez Brotherston, composer, Terry Davies and lighting designer, Paule Constable.
A Sadler’s Wells Resident Company, New Adventures is the foremost dance theatre company in the UK, having created an enormous new audience for dance with some of the most popular dance productions of the last decade.
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