One Night Only
Cecil Beaton’s Diaries
BY CECIL BEATON
ADAPTED AND PERFORMED BY RICHARD STIRLING.
ADAPTED AND PERFORMED BY RICHARD STIRLING.
8 July 2025
Overview
“If it is snobbish to prefer those who are beautiful, I am a snob.”
Cecil Beaton’s photographs showed his versatility; his diaries exposed the cost. Blisteringly funny, with appearances ranging from the Queen Mother and Elizabeth Taylor to Churchill and Truman Capote, the diaries paint a self-portrait of the 20th century’s most compelling dandy.
Returning after a smash hit run Off-Broadway and at Jermyn Street Theatre, Sunday Times bestseller Richard Stirling brings the diaries of photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton to the stage for one night only.
People
Richard Stirling
Performer
Performer
Richard has appeared on film, television and UK and US stages, most recently off-Broadway in Cecil Beaton's Diaries and in London in The Gathered Leaves, directed by Adrian Noble.
Media
“Stirling does a superlative job”
Talkin’ Broadway
“Unexpectedly Moving”
The Stage
“Enthralling”
The Reviews Hub
“Stirling dexterously juggles the face of the flamboyant eccentric and the truth of the man behind it”
The Front Row Center (NY)