The latest fringe musical to vault nimbly into the West End is this stirring folkie adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story about a man who lives his life in reverse.
At heart a two-man venture from Jethro Compton (book, lyrics, direction, design) and Darren Clark (music and lyrics, orchestration and arrangement) it relocates the story from Jazz Age Baltimore to 20th century Cornwall but retains the message that every second of life should be lived and savoured. Forget the 2008 Brad Pitt film: this is the version to treasure.
