The Forger’s Tale
If it’s not real, can it still be art?
“It’s not blue and it’s not nice. It’s ultramarine and it’s fucking exquisite.”
Morgan, a painter, a restoration expert, and a forger who has spent decades in the shadows and has honed her talent to near perfection. She is working on her magnum opus, a “lost” Rubens.
Harlowe, an art and antiques dealer with an eye for the “unprovenanced” whose smile never reaches his eyes is Morgan’s partner and fence. Together they’ve run a relatively smooth operation selling forgeries of “lost” Dutch masterworks, but something has changed. Harlowe violently changes the terms of their relationship when he demands Morgan take on an apprentice. He isn’t interested in perfection. Harlowe wants quantity and he wants it fast.
Morgan is forced to decide what her art means to her and just how much she is willing to sacrifice to protect it.
A new thriller written by Himanshu Ojha (BBC Writers Room 2023 and Sketching – Wilton’s Music Hall) which uncovers the seedy underbelly of art dealership and forgery.
Directed by Iskandar إسكندر R. Sharazuddin.
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28 October 2022: Criterion Theatre, West End
Creative team
| Written by | Himanshu Ojha | |
| Direction | Iskandar إسكندر R. Sharazuddin |
Cast
| Morgan | Louise Mai Newberry | |
| Harlowe | Miles Gallant | |
| Vincent | Jeremy Hancock | |
| Nathan / Rubens | Jules Chan | |
| Nancy | Iniki Mariano |
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