CITY OF ANGELS

‘Everybody’s in a movie. Sometimes we just turn the camera on.’

Hollywood comes calling for a New York novelist. The offer is too good to refuse: adapt the private detective protagonist of his books into a big-screen hero. The siren song of Los Angeles is a dangerous temptation and while his movie plays out in black and white, his new life is all-too colourful.

With a sensational jazz score by Cy Coleman, sizzling lyrics from David Zippel and book by acclaimed comic screenwriter Larry Gelbart, City of Angels is a witty and glorious celebration of film noir.

★★★★★ ‘There’s not a weak link in the ensemble, and if the male principals are impressive, the leading ladies are even more stunning in every which way’ Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ ‘Performances of high glamour as well as grit and wit from Rosalie Craig, Katherine Kelly, Samantha Barks and Rebecca Trehearn’ The Stage

★★★★ ‘Josie Rourke’s dazzling revival… a jazzy, delectably tart take on film noir and tinseltown’ Independent