It is Wilde’s artist Basil Hallward who becomes the photographer Baz Hallward (Leeroy Boone) who is in love with Dorian as much as Lord Harry Wootton (George Renshaw).  Baz takes the photograph which ages and shows the corruption of Dorian’s perverted life as a rock singer.

The costumes by Isabella Van Braekel are original even if I didn’t like them. Some are bizarre like Sybil’s stiff ballerina skirt underneath a long white coat or Dorian’s gauze back revealing his vertebrae, attached to an otherwise formal black jacket or Baz Hallward’s white suit decorated with what looks like feathers. Like much of this production, it feels as if the creatives are trying too hard and it misfires.

There has been a lot of tightening up in Act Two which works well where we see the rock concert lit red and feel the excitement.  The songs are soft rock rather than full on heavy metal but this fits in with Dorian’s style.  There is a memorable and expressive pas de deux dance between Dorian and Baz.  I love the song “Son of Love and Death” and was happy to hear it reprised in this act. 

You will want to see Alfie Friedman as Dorian and hear him sing as he is sure to have a promising career in musicals.