After five successive sold-out performances at the Keble O’Reilly theatre the team behind A Theory of Justice: The Musical are setting their sights beyond Oxford.
Ramin Sabi, one of the writers and producers of the show, which advertised itself as “an all-singing, all-dancing romp through 2,500 years of political philosophy”, claimed that “this was the fastest selling show in Oxford theatre history.” Sabi is the founder and director of DEM Productions, which produced ATOJTM.
The play won critical acclaim, including five stars from Cherwell, and a ringing endorsement from the Open University’s Nigel Warburton, who called the production “brilliant: hilarious, witty, and profound – well-plotted too, with acute philosophical asides.” He admitted “crying with laughter for most of two hours.”
Eylon Aslan-Levy, another writer and producer, said he was “hopeful” that the play could be taken elsewhere, including Edinburgh and Cambridge. “We have received interest from people all over the world,” Levy told Cherwell, “including from places as far afield as Australia and Canada,” who are interested in doing the play themselves.
The producers declined to comment on rumours that the BBC want to do a televised adaption of the play, other than to confirm that the organization had expressed “potential interest” in the project.
