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American Psycho

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Almeida Theatre · London

Premiered 2013 at Almeida Theatre

A Wall Street banker hides violence beneath immaculate surfaces.

Productions

Past productions(2)

ThrillerSatire
The story

Patrick Bateman is a wealthy young investment banker in late-1980s Manhattan, consumed by status, possessions and the approval of equally competitive colleagues. Beneath his polished routines he is secretly a serial killer, and the musical follows the widening gap between his carefully managed public image and an inner life of escalating brutality.

In the room

Duncan Sheik's electronic score channels 1980s pop and club music, while the satire treats consumer brands, corporate conformity and violence as parts of the same dehumanising culture.

Good fit if you like

dark satire, 1980s electronic music, unreliable perspectives and stories about status-driven violence.

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