Based on the iconic film, Grey Gardens tells the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s aunt and cousin, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale.
Starting in 1941 at an engagement party at Grey Gardens, the Bouvier’s mansion in East Hampton, Long Island, the musical tracks the progression of the two women’s lives from American aristocrats to reclusive social outcasts living in such squalid conditions, in a home overrun by cats, that the Health Department deemed the mansion ‘unfit for human habitation’.
Winner of 3 Tony awards and nominated for a further 7, along with 12 Drama Desk awards on Broadway, Grey Gardens finally gets its European première in London from the multi award winning team behind Grand Hotel, Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel.
“the best argument I can think of for the survival of the American musical” Ben Brantley, New York Times
Grey Gardens stars multi Olivier Award winners Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell.
Based on the film Grey Gardens by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Mayer and Susan Froemke
Presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED.
Details
Theatre: The Large
Mon – Sat: 7.30pm
Tue & Sat: 3pm
Running Time: 155 mins including interval
No interval and no re-entry.
We strongly advise that you arrive early and take your seats in advance of the start time as there is a no latecomers policy.
This production contains haze.
Recommended for ages 12+.
8 January 2016 –
Mark Shenton will host a post-show Q&A with the show’s Tony nominated creative team – Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie
12 January 2016 –
Arranged by Fashion & Cinema who will be in conversation with the show’s costume designer Jonathan Lipman. Jonathan is also the director of production for Angels Costumiers. The Q & A will also feature the filmmaker and performer Ako Mitchell, who is starring in Grey Gardens, along with other special guests.
Video
The Company
Billy Boyle
Sheila Hancock
Alana Hinge
Grace Jenkins
Jeremy Legat
Ako Mitchell
Rebecca Nardin
Rachel Anne Rayham
Jenna Russell
Aaron Sidwell
