From the director of the critically-acclaimed solo show Shylock comes Wilde Without the Boy: a moving and intimate glimpse into the life of a beloved literary figure, as interpreted by Best Actor (Buxton Festival Fringe 2014) and Olivier Award nominee, Gerard Logan.

“Wilde Without the Boy” is a dramatisation of “De Profundis”, the letter Oscar Wilde wrote in 1897 to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading gaol. Two years previously, Wilde had been imprisoned for acts of gross indecency with other males. Take a glimpse into the bruised, loving soul of one of the greatest geniuses ever to have lived. 

"A masterful interpretation of De Profundis ... (Gerard Logan) seeks the emotion behind the barrier: to make feelings real before they've transmuted into the impersonality of art." 

- The Daily Info

"I felt I wasn't watching someone play Oscar Wilde; I felt I was watching the Oscar Wilde."

- Katie Ryde, Buxton Festival Fringe