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The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde

Beauty, morality and corruption collide with dreamlike indie pop. Experience one of world literature’s most iconic portraits brought vividly to life at the Royal Danish Playhouse.

All admire the young Dorian Gray. He is strikingly beautiful – radiant, almost untouchable. But when Dorian sees his own portrait, he is seized by a terrifying realisation: even he will one day grow old, lined and diminished. In desperation, he makes a pact with the Devil. The portrait on the wall will bear the marks of time, while his own body remains eternally young.

Freed from consequence, Dorian plunges into a life devoted to vanity, pleasure and aesthetic excess. Yet every bargain with the Devil carries its price. Before long, Dorian discovers that scandal, cruelty and indifference leave their scars elsewhere – not upon the skin, but upon the soul.

Upon its publication, The Picture of Dorian Gray was condemned as immoral and accused of promoting unnatural and socially subversive vice. The novel was even cited as evidence in the trials against Oscar Wilde, who was prosecuted and imprisoned for “gross indecency” and homosexuality.

Resident director Anna Balslev, in collaboration with the performing arts collective Regimentet, reimagines Wilde’s provocative novel in a seductive stage production featuring newly composed music and songs performed live on stage by a band.

Recommended from 13 years old

Creative team

Forfatter

  • Oscar Wilde

Dramatisering

  • Anna Balslev
  • Sonja Ferdinand

Iscenesættelse

  • Anna Balslev

Scenografi og kostumedesign

  • Laura Løwe

Koreografi

Lysdesign

  • Balder Nørskov

Musik

  • Viktor Dahl

Cast

Alexander Bryld Obaze

Dorian

Alexander Bryld Obaze
Simon Kongsted

Henry

Simon Kongsted
Mathias Bøgelund

Basil

Mathias Bøgelund
Nanna Skaarup Voss

Mrs. Vane/Lady Agatha

Nanna Skaarup Voss
Mathilde Arcel

Sibyl Vane

Mathilde Arcel
Freja Klint Sandberg

Jane Vane

Freja Klint Sandberg

Adelaide Campbell

Minna Flyvholm Tode
Rumle Sieling Langdal

Kapelmester

Rumle Sieling Langdal
Marie Kildebæk

Musiker

Marie Kildebæk
Janus Bagh

Musiker

Janus Bagh
Jonas Due

Musiker

Jonas Due

Musiker

Anna Roemer
Laurits Hyllested

Musiker

Laurits Hyllested

Cast

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