A composer who made beauty from chaos—and burned out by 36. The ultimate hedonist artist biopic you've never heard of.
Drama with music about Philip Heseltine, known as Peter Warlock, who by his death in 1930 at the age of thirty six had composed some of the most perfect gems of English songwriting and elevated hedonism to an art form.
Acting
Mark Dexter's fragile, volatile Warlock—charming and doomed.
Score
Warlock's actual songs, performed with aching intimacy.
Production
1920s bohemian London on a shoestring that somehow works.
Director
Tony Britten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Tony Britten is also a composer, which explains why the musical performances feel so lived-in rather than performed.
Warlock's real name was Philip Heseltine—he invented his pseudonym from a Cornish witchcraft text, because of course he did.
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