Easter at the theatre, from Gatsby to Sir Gareth

17 April 2025, The Tablet

The cast of Piaf, at the Watermill, Newbury

Alex Brenner

Fitzgerald at Easter makes some sense for a Catholic writer, although the timing is due more to The Great Gatsby having been published on 10 April 1925

A spring equivalent may be emerging in a double of The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s matchless parable of glamour and deceit can be seen in a new Broadway musical version (London Coliseum, until 7 Sept) and an immersive staging (immersivegatsby.com) for which party invitations are issued to those who sign up digitally.

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