The Great Gatsby

Derby Theatre
Theatre Walk
Derby DE1 2NF
UK

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The Great Gatsby.

Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, Derby DE1 2NF, UK

Fri 3rd Oct 2025 - Sat 25th Oct 2025
From £25.50
Organiser Derby Theatre

Chasing dreams in a world of glitter - the tragic pursuit of love and legacy

Experience F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless tale like never before—with live jazz music, razzle-dazzle glamour, and all the fizz of 1922!

Imagine rolling up to West Egg, where newcomer Nick Carraway can’t believe his luck when he meets his mysterious next-door neighbour, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws the most extravagant soirées money can buy—sparkling champagne, swaying flappers, and bandstands alive with syncopated rhythms—all to win back his lost love, the radiant Daisy Buchanan.

As Nick and Gatsby strike up a thrilling friendship, you’ll be swept into a whirlwind of moonlit confessions, secret trysts, and the glittering promise of American dreams. Daisy, torn between Gatsby’s starry-eyed devotion and her charming but unfaithful husband Tom, faces a choice that will shake both their worlds to the core.

Buckle up for a dazzling ride through ambition, heartbreak, and the electric buzz of the Jazz Age—because The Great Gatsby is here to remind you that chasing dreams can be the grandest adventure of all.

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