Dianna Agron - Dahlia {McQueen The Play} S&S #1: "The fashion visionary who broke the rules."

Erinღ · 03-21-2015, 01:43 AM

So she's playing another Dahlia?!

fractured moonlight · 03-21-2015, 02:10 PM

Mcqueen Starring Dianna Agron & Stephen Wright Masterpost

“I’ve got a 600-year-old elm tree in my garden. I made up a story: a girl lives in it and comes out of the darkness to meet a prince and becomes a queen.”

Alexander McQueen, 2008.

McQueen is a journey into the visionary imagination and dark dream world of Alexander McQueen, fashion’s greatest contemporary artist.

Set on a single London night, it is more than a bio-play. It is stepping into the fairy story landscape of McQueen’s mind, the landscape seen in his immortal shows, where with a dress an urchin can become an Amazon, where beauty might just help us survive the night.

A girl has watched McQueen’s Mayfair house for eleven consecutive days. Tonight she climbs down from her watching tree and breaks into his house, to steal a dress, to become someone special. He catches her, but, instead of calling the police, they embark together on a journey through London and into his heart.

McQueen is a new play by James Phillips (The Rubenstein Kiss, The White Whale and City Stories), directed by John Caird (Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company) with production design by David Farley and choreography by Christopher Marney, lighting by David Howe, sound by John Leonard and video and projection design by Tim Bird.

McQueen will be produced at St. James Theatre by Robert Mackintosh, with Julian Stoneman as executive producer.

PLEASE NOTE: Age recommendation 16+, contains nudity, adult themes and language some may find offensive.

Dianna Agron, 28, who also appeared with Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in film The Family, has moved to London to take up the role. She plays Dahlia, a fan of the designer who embarks on a journey with him through the streets of the capital in James Phillips’s new play, McQueen.

Official Site - McQueen, The Play. The Story of a Fashion Legend

Official Twitter - https://twitter.com/McQueenThePlay

Official Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/McQueenThePlay

The play will run from May 12th - June 6th and you can purchase tickets here - Book Tickets – St James Theatre

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fragileღheart · 03-21-2015, 05:39 PM

thanks for this thread! i seriously love that she will be doing stage work

fractured moonlight · 03-21-2015, 05:49 PM

You're welcome and me too. This is such a great opportunity for her.

fragileღheart · 03-21-2015, 05:55 PM

i think that it is too. maybe if she likes it she'll do more stage work in the future.

fractured moonlight · 03-21-2015, 06:04 PM

And she is a main character! This is so fantastic!

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Glee star Dianna Agron is to star in a new play about British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

The actress will make her British stage debut in the production, where she plays a devoted fan who breaks into McQueen's house.

Stephen Wight, who currently stars in BBC Three bomb disposal comedy drama Bluestone 42, will play the fashion designer who died in 2010.

McQueen will run at London's St James Theatre from 12 May until 6 June.

Written by James Phillips, the play is billed as "a journey into the visionary imagination and dark dream world" of McQueen.

It takes its inspiration from a quote the designer made in 2008 where he revealed he made up a story about a girl who lives in a tree in his garden "and comes out of the darkness to meet a prince and becomes a queen".

The story follows fan Dahlia who - after spending 11 days up a tree watching McQueen's house - decides to breaks in and steal a dress.

But when the designer catches her, instead of reporting her to the police, the pair end up spending a night together in London.

An advisory on the play's website suggests it is not suitable for those aged under 16 and "contains nudity, adult themes and language some may find offensive".

Agron is best known for playing Quinn Fabray on the US musical comedy Glee and went on to star in a number of films including 2011's I Am Number Four and The Family opposite Robert De Niro in 2013.

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