The Picture of Dorian Gray – Barn Theatre | Review
March 17, 2021 Last updated:
March 17, 2021
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The coronavirus has been such a disaster for theatres up and down the country,” Lady Narborough (Joanna Lumley) tells The Interviewer (Stephen Fry) in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s
The Picture of Dorian Gray, possibly one of the most contrived lines in an online production over the past year, and yet it is undeniably true. The level of collaboration the Barn Theatre in Cirencester has done with other venues is impressive – the production team alone also includes people from the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, the Oxford Playhouse and Theatr Clwyd in Mold, north-east Wales.
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Stages by David Lee Nelson - You may need a tissue, but you will leave uplifted. Diana Nollen, The Gazette In 2017, award-winning solo performer David Lee Nelson received news that would change his life. At 38 years old he was diagnosed with Stage Four Colon Cancer. He kept a blog of his time in chemotherapy - a heartbreakingly funny chronicle of a disease which affects over nine million Americans. This material became the basis for his solo play performed in 2020 and created with Riverside Theatre s Producing Artistic Director Adam Knight. Stages is not simply a play about sickness: it s a story of life s setbacks and surprises, and about searching for hope in the most unlikely of places. Filmed at the Gilbert Street Theatre in March 2020 and presented virtually in partnership with the Iowa Cancer Consortium and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Written & Performed by PURE Theatre Core Ensemble Member David Lee Nel
A DIGITAL production of The Picture of Dorian Gray is gearing up with national treasures and the UK’s best actors creating the story with top Welsh talent. Produced by five UK arts organisations, including Flintshire’s Theatr Clwyd, the cast includes Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Alfred Enoch (How To Get Away With Murder), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Emma McDonald, Russell Tovey (Him & Her, The Night Manager) and Stephen Fry (QI, A Bit of Fry & Laurie). Behind the camera is a glittering array of Welsh and Wales-based talent, including Theatr Clwyd’s artistic director Tamara Harvey directing, Llangollen’s Eleri B Jones assistant directing, with original songs by Northop-based composer Jared Zeus. The production is managed by Prestatyn’s Sami Wood and filmed at The Barn Theatre, led by Carmarthenshire’s Iwan Lewis.