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8 actors stand infront of a wide table, drinking and smoking.
8 actors stand infront of a wide table, drinking and smoking.

American Psycho

A new musical thriller, Directed by Rupert Goold, Book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Music and Lyrics by Duncan Sheik, Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis

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2 Dec 2013 — 1 Feb 2014

“There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.”
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all – looks, money, style and status. He and his entourage buy the most expensive designer clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the hottest clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people – including those closest to him – keep disappearing.

Rupert Goold directs this musical adaptation, from the composer of Spring Awakening, which casts Patrick Bateman centre stage as an anti-hero for our time.

The Almeida, Headlong and Act 4 Entertainment bring Bret Easton Ellis’s iconic novel to the stage for the first time, its satirical commentary on capitalism resonating as strongly now as it did two decades ago.

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CAST & CREATIVES
Book 
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Music and Lyrics Duncan Sheik
Based on the novel by Bret Easton-Ellis
Director Rupert Goold
Design Es Devlin
Costume Design Katrina Lindsay
Choreography Lynne Page
Lighting John Clark
Sound Paul Arditti
Musical Director David Shrubsole
Video Finn Ross
Associate Designer Chiara Stephenson
Casting Pippa Aillion
Assistant Director Whitney Mosery

Cast
Ben Aldridge
Charlie Anson
Jonathan Bailey
Katie Brayben
Cassandra Compton
Holly Dale Spencer
Susannah Fielding
Simon Gregor
Holly James
Lucie Jones
Tom Kay
Gillian Kirkpatrick
Eugene McCoy
Hugh Skinner
Matt Smith

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