In the dark days of 1961, eighteen months before she died, Marilyn Monroe was sent to a lunatic asylum when she thought she was being sent to a spa for rest and relaxation. This fascinating musical charts the three days she spent there. As she begins coming off the drink and drugs that had become the norm in her Hollywood lifestyle her mind starts wandering between past and present. Her hallucinations draw the audience into the chaos of her mind and darkly foreshadow the tragedy that is soon to come.
Norma Jeane: The Musical
In the dark days of 1961, eighteen months before she died, Marilyn Monroe was sent on doctor's recommendation to a psychiatric care unit in New York.
Ran At
Stockwell Playhouse
Open Date: 30 May 16 to 18 Jun 16
LOST (Stockwell Playhouse's original name) was founded in 1979 at the London Oratory School as its after-school theatre club; hence its name - L.O.S.T. It grew in popularity so quickly that in 1982 a new home was found on Fulham Broadway. This wonderful 100 seat black box was host to over 100 plays and Festivals for the next 17 years until re-devel...
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