Casting has been announced for Seán Aydon’s bold new adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, which will visit the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford from November 3 to 7.

Jack Crumlin (Lonnie Byers in Stranger Things: The First Shadow and To Kill a Mocking Bird, both West End) will star as Dorian Gray.

Mark Oxtoby (Strickland in Back to the Future and Monsieur Andre in Phantom of the Opera, both West End) will play Basil Hallward, and Mark Hawkins (Woman in Black, West End, and UK and Ireland tour) will play Lord Henry Wotton.

Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, the production is presented by Tilted Wig in association with the Watford Palace Theatre.

The cast will also feature Lydia Whitehead as Sybil Vane, Ayesha Griffiths as Catherine Vane, Lydea Perkins as Lady Victoria Wotton and Max Burnett as Romeo.

In a society obsessed with youth and beauty, Dorian Gray is offered the ultimate prize: eternal perfection. But perfection comes at a price - one that must be paid in blood.

This striking new production celebrates Wilde’s dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish, provocative and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges audiences into a world where charm is currency, morality is negotiable and the truth always exacts its price.

Wilde’s only novel remains as razor-sharp and resonant as ever - a chilling portrait of vanity, corruption and the cost of unchecked desire.

The production is directed by Seán Aydon, whose recent acclaimed tours include Spitfire Girls, The School for Scandal and Frankenstein.

Set and costume design is by Sarah Beaton, lighting design is by Peter Small, sound design is by Russell Ditchfield and the fight director/intimacy co-ordinator is Kaitlin Howard.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel.

A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of American periodical Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, while the novel-length version was published in April 1891.

As the only novel written by Wilde, it is widely regarded as a classic of Gothic and English literature, having been adapted many times for films, plays and other forms of art performance.

The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with his beauty.

Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat’s hedonistic view of the world - that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.

Knowing he will lose his beauty with time, Dorian impulsively chooses to sell his soul and asks for the portrait, rather than himself, to age and fade.

His wish granted, Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied immoral experiences while staying young and beautiful. Meanwhile Dorian’s portrait ages and visually records every sin.

The inspiration for the novel came in 1887 when Canadian artist Frances Richards, a friend of Wilde, moved to London and painted his portrait.

For tickets, priced from £29 (concessions from £13), call 01483 440000 or visit www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk