Jamie Cullum is to make his debut as a theatre composer for the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer. The pianist, singer and broadcaster will provide the music for a new version of W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 drawing-room comedy The Constant Wife, adapted by Laura Wade and staged by the RSC’s co-artistic director Tamara Harvey.
“I am thrilled to be composing the music for The Constant Wife and so excited to be working in theatre like this for the first time,” said Cullum. “As a composer who often works within the jazz genre, I am very familiar with the idea of evolving traditions and searching for new ways to play classic material. I feel honoured that the brilliant RSC are entrusting me with this opportunity to bring some musical ingenuity to Laura’s deliciously funny and subversive adaptation.”
