Eternal beauty, everlasting youth, celebrity: Dorian Gray has it all.

Starring Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia, Easy Virtue), Colin Firth (St. Trinians, Mamma Mia), Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon) and Ben Chaplin (Stage Beauty, The Truth About Cats & Dogs) and directed by Oliver Parker (St. Trinians, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband) DORIAN GRAY is a gripping adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s infamous gothic novel.

When a strikingly beautiful but naïve young Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) arrives in Victorian London he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. Henry’s friend, society artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin) paints a portrait of Dorian to capture the full power of his youthful beauty and when it’s unveiled Dorian makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

Dorian’s wild adventures continue, but soon he notices that his portrait, which is now locked away in the attic, has taken on an evil and disturbing air, while his own beautiful face goes unmarked by his deeds. Forced by his own evil actions to flee the country, Dorian returns twenty-five years later. To the surprise of his old friends, he looks exactly the same but he’s jaded, having found pleasure but never happiness and he’s haunted by the monstrous painting in the attic. His fear and paranoia grow as rumours of his past misdeeds circulate. Will Dorian get one last chance for love and redemption and more importantly, will he escape with his life?




 

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