The Great Gatsby

Following a sold out production in May 2012, The Great Gatsby returns as Wilton's opening production after the auditorium is repaired.

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Adapted and Directed by Peter Joucla

"Joucla’s adaptation captures the essence of Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel with
unceasing zest" The Times

"Never have I seen this building so cleverly used, or so vibrantly alive.”
Evening Standard

"...the decadence of F Scott Fitzgerald’s world has soaked into every fibre of Wilton’s…”
Time Out



"The parties were bigger. The pace was faster, the shows were broader,
the buildings were higher, the morals were looser..." F. Scott Fitzgerald

It’s 1922 and we welcome you back to prohibition Wilton’s.

SURELY there is no better place to experience this new and immersive adaptation produced by the Wilton’s Team and directed by Peter Joucla. Expect late night foxtrots, moonshine in teapots, pearls and flappers, bootleggers and millionaires.

Published in 1925, four years before the catastrophic collapse of the American stock markets, Fitzgerald’s novel graphically portrays a society being destroyed by money and dishonesty, an American Dream of happiness and individualism degenerating into the mere pursuit of wealth.

The Great Gatsby novel was originally adapted for the stage for Tour De Force Theatre by Peter Joucla in 2011. Wilton’s Music Hall is producing a fresh and site specific adaptation. Filled with live and evocative jazz music from the twenties and recreating the glitz and decadence of the period, you are invited to the party.

Dress in your 20s best, it’s all happening at Wilton’s speakeasy….