130 years after Oscar Wilde’s infamous fable of narcissism and decadence, Dorian Gray is back in a rock musical adaptation. ‘Can you hear me?’ he asks in his opening ballad. The answer, over swishy synths and a store-bought drum track is, unfortunately, yes. Writer-director Linnie Reedman weaves in some pertinent advice from Wilde himself: ‘If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it.’ Wilde was thinking of conversation, but with Dorian: Rock Opera streaming to your living room, a stiff drink might also help.
