The picture of Sarah Snook: First look at Succession star's Oscar Wilde stage return

This is the first photo of Succession star Sarah Snook in her return to the London stage in her one-woman take on Oscar Wilde’s classic The Picture of Dorian Gray.

The actress, who played Shiv Roy in the hit HBO drama, plays all 26 characters in her new play, which opened on Tuesday night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Snook’s outfit is a world away from the sober business suits she wore for her role in Succession, in which she played one of the warring siblings vying to succeed their media tycoon father.

The actress started out on stage in her native Australia, but it no stranger to London theatre having appeared opposite Ralph Fiennes in the 2016 production of The Master Builder at the Old Vic.

The Picture of Dorian Gray has been adapted and directed by Sydney Theatre Company’s artistic director Kip Williams, and its arrival in the UK follows rave reviews and a twice extended run in the Australian city.

When it was announced last June that it was coming to London, Snook said: “I am elated to return to the London stage in such an astonishing piece of theatre. From Oscar Wilde’s remarkable original text to Kip Williams’ stunning adaptation, this story of morality, innocence, narcissism, and consequence is going to be thrilling to recreate for a new audience. I can’t wait.”

Snook plays all 26 characters in her new play (Marc Brenner)

Meanwhile in New York, Boy George made a triumphant return to Broadway when he took to the stage in Moulin Rouge! The singer, who first appeared on the New York stage in his 2003 musical Taboo, received a standing ovation last night at the end of the show.

He plays nightclub owner Harold Zidler in the stage show, which is based on Baz Luhrmann’s hit film, and is due to appear until May. Zidler — played in the film by Jim Broadbent — runs the legendary Parisian landmark and nightspot and helps bring together the story’s two lovers Satine and Christian.

Promoting his stage appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the singer revealed how he missed out on an early chance at fame when he met David Bowie in a London club. George, who grew up in south-east London, told the chat show host: “I met Bowie when I was 19 and he came into a nightclub that I was working in to try and find people for his Ashes to Ashes video. I didn’t make the grade. I didn’t cut it that night.”

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