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  • A scene from American Psycho the musical at the Almeida Theatre. The image shows Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman who is wearing only a pair of grey jogging bottoms and strangling another man in a highly stylised stage set depicting a men
  • A scene from American Psycho the musical at the Almeida Theatre. The image shows Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman sat on a green park bench with two secretaries. The stage set is blank with the exception of trees which appear as sketches drawn with light.
  • A scene from American Psycho the musical at the Almeida Theatre. The image shows Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman and 5 other male members of the cast in an office scene. They are all suited and the set is highly stylised in electric blue with a single table whose surface top emits from within a bright white light.
  • A scene from American Psycho the musical at the Almeida Theatre. The image shows Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman at the centre of an empty stage. Onto the set walls a simplified city skyline is projected in white light and also projected are the words "Abandon all hope those who enter here" that appear in a bright blood red.
  • A scene from American Psycho the musical at the Almeida Theatre. The image shows Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman who is wearing a white shirt splattered in blood. In his right hand, raised behind his head, he holds a black blood stained axe.

American Psycho: A New Musical Thriller

19 Dec 2013 / Comments Off / in Stage/by

[rating=5]
160 min • Almeida Theatre, London • December 3, 2013 – February 1, 2014

Matt Smith plays Patrick Bateman in the dark musical thriller American Psycho. Gruesome, with an eclectic lo-fi ’80s score.

“Patrick Bateman is essentially the ’80s American Dream. He has the perfect body, the perfect hair, the perfect designer suit, and the perfect high-paid job. He is also Matt Smith”

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

23 May 2012 / Comments Off / in Stage/by

[rating=5]
135 min • Threesixty Theatre, Kensington Gardens • May 8 – Sep 9, 2012

Rupert Goold & Michael Fentiman’s adaptation of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is dark and inventive, and boasts a perfect cast.

“A master class in creativity, with a beautifully artistic vision, but younger children may lose their way with it.”