Regé-Jean Page is making his long-awaited return to the stage.
The actor will star in and produce a new adaptation of The Great Gatsby, with the production aiming for a West End run this fall. A venue has not yet been confirmed, and further casting will be announced once a theater is secured.
The adaptation comes from writers Joel Horwood and Maria Aberg, with Michael Longhurst directing. The creative team’s interpretation is said to center not only the sweeping romance audiences associate with Fitzgerald’s novel, but also the sharper social questions pulsing beneath it — wealth, class, access, and the cost of striving toward an exclusive dream.
Those close to the project describe the script as one that expands the emotional and political dimensions of the source material, pulling focus toward the people navigating Gatsby’s glittering world rather than the spectacle alone.
For Page, the production represents a full-circle moment. Before his global rise on screen, he built his foundation in theater, performing in classical and contemporary works in the UK. Insiders say he has been searching for the right opportunity to step back onto the stage, and this version of Gatsby provided the scale and intimacy he wanted to bring to audiences.
Page reunites with Longhurst, a director he worked with early in his career, adding another layer of history to the collaboration.
The show will be produced by Simon Friend alongside Page under his A Mighty Stranger banner. Friend is known for guiding literary adaptations to major stages, and expectations are that this production will offer a muscular, contemporary charge while remaining rooted in Fitzgerald’s text.
With Page stepping into one of literature’s most complex roles, anticipation is already building.
Now, the production just needs a home.