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Moulin Rouge! stage musical confirmed

The production company have announced the book writer and director

Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor

Entertainment group Global Creatures, the co-producers of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom at West Yorkshire Playhouse, have confirmed that they will bring Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! to the stage.

The new production will have a book by John Logan (Tony Award-winner for Red), and will be directed by Alex Timbers (Rocky, Here Lies Love).

The show is currently in development and a venue and dates are to be announced.

Luhrmann’s 2001 film, starring Ewan McGregor and WhatsOnStage Award-winner Nicole Kidman, premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight Oscars at the 74th Academy Awards, winning two.

On the announcement, Luhrmann said: "I’m tremendously happy to celebrate that Moulin Rouge! will be under [Alex Timbers'] direction and that the book will be the creation of the gifted Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan whose writing I also admire deeply.

Moulin Rouge! tells the story of a young poet/writer, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine using the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France.