The Picture Of Dorian Gray Gala Event

Running Time: 1 Hour 50 Mins Approx.

On 20th June 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine as the lead story for its July number. On 20th June 2015 - exactly 125 years later - we invite you to celebrate this landmark literary event with a special Gala performance and drinks in the company of Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland, the cast and other special guests.

Set in the decadent world of Victorian London, a beautiful, narcissistic young man called Dorian Gray becomes infatuated by the exquisite portrait that Basil Hallward has painted of him. He makes a Faustian pact that he will remain forever young while the picture grows old. Combining drawing-room comedy and Gothic horror, this is a gripping and hugely entertaining theatrical event.

The Picture of Dorian Gray features a talented cast familiar from stage and screen, including:

Guy Warren-Thomas as Dorian Gray (Spooks The Greater Good, Downton Abbey), Gwynfor Jones as Lord Henry (The Woman In Black in the West End, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Oldham Coliseum), Rupert Mason as Basil Hallward(Eastenders, A Touch of Frost and most recently The Trails of Oscar Wilde for EAC). Helen Keeley as Sybil Vane (The Importance of Being Earnest, London Classic Theatre. To The End, Southwark Playhouse): It is directed by Peter Craze(Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven). With a lighting design by Duncan Hands and Set design by Dora Schweitzer.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is supported by Arts Council England and Unity Theatre Trust in association with the charity Stonewall.

‘A perfectly judged rendering by European Arts Company’ - The Times.