(photo: Hl J. Kock)

John Smith: a common name, an uncommon character. The shrewd taxi driver keeps two separate families in two different parts of London. For sixteen years his secret was known only to his best friend Stanley. But suddenly, and by sheer coincidence, the teenage son he has with wife no. 1 chats up, over the Internet, the teenage daughter he has with wife no. 2. And when the two intend to meet in real life, all hell breaks loose for John as he tries to prevent the meeting and keep his double secret.

„The Picture of Dorian Gray” counts as Irish author Oscar Wilde’s most important work in prose. British actor Mark Lyndon has produced an English performing version of the gripping story specially for a Hamburg audience. It can be enjoyed on Saturday, 6 December at 8 pm in the Theater in der Musikschule, Poppenbüttel (Heegbarg 81a, 22395 Hamburg).