The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button

‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ at the Ambassadors Theatre is a charming new West End folk musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of a man who ages in reverse. Originally staged at Southwark Playhouse in 2019, creators Jethro Compton and Darren Clark have reset the story in a Cornish fishing village (1918–1969), grounding Fitzgerald’s magical premise in a tight-knit seaside community. The actor-musician format and folk-inflected score recall the intimacy of Once, inviting audiences to lean into the show’s blend of myth and realism.

‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ at the Ambassadors Theatre is a charming new West End folk musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of a man who ages in reverse. Originally staged at Southwark Playhouse in 2019, creators Jethro Compton and Darren Clark have reset the story in a Cornish fishing village (1918–1969), grounding Fitzgerald’s magical premise in a tight-knit seaside community. The actor-musician format and folk-inflected score recall the intimacy of Once, inviting audiences to lean into the show’s blend of myth and realism.

“I was born under unusual circumstances …” Thus begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the Academy Award–winning film starring Brad Pitt as a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward, and Cate Blanchett as the woman he is destined to love forever. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a monumental journey—as unusual as it is epic—that follows Benjamin’s remarkable adventure of romance and redemption from the end of World War I through the twenty-first century. Directed by David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a powerful testament to life and death, love and loss.

"Curieux destin que le mien..." Ainsi commence l'étrange histoire de Benjamin Button, cet homme qui naquit à 80 ans et vécut sa vie à l'envers, sans pouvoir arrêter le cours du temps. Situé à La Nouvelle-Orléans et adapté d'une nouvelle de F. Scott Fitzgerald, le film suit ses tribulations de 1918 à nos jours. L'étrange histoire de Benjamin Button : l'histoire d'un homme hors du commun. Ses rencontres et ses découvertes, ses amours, ses joies et ses drames. Et ce qui survivra toujours à l'emprise du temps...