Directed by Jim Sharman / Screenplay by Richard O’Brien and Jim Sharman

Actor and songwriter Richard O’Brien’s uproarious love letter to the B-movies of yesteryear began life as a stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, which premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre on 19th June 1973. Glam rock was at its height (just two weeks later at Hammersmith Odeon, David Bowie performed his final gig as Ziggy Stardust) and O’Brien later explained that ‘glam rock allowed me to be myself more.’ With its bracingly camp humour, its transgressive explorations of gender fluidity, and above all its terrific songs, Rocky Horror tapped into the beating heart of the glam era, playing to packed houses and winning the Evening Standard award for Best Musical. The 1975 film adaptation - appropriately restyled The Rocky Horror Picture Show - remained in the hands of original director Jim Sharman, and the roles of Dr Frank-N-Furter and his sidekicks Magenta and Riff Raff were reprised by the stars of the Royal Court production: Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn, and O’Brien himself. New arrivals for the screen version included American actors Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as college sweethearts Brad and Janet, and rising star Meat Loaf as rock’n’rolling biker Eddie. Reviews ranged from lukewarm to downright baffled, but if film critics didn’t initially grasp Rocky Horror, audiences around the world began to embrace it with open arms. A lively cult sprang up of audience participation, cosplay, singalong screenings and fan conventions. Tim Curry’s career-defining performance as Frank-N-Furter has since become a totem of sexual liberation, a subject of academic study, and an icon of popular culture. Half a century on, The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a phenomenon.

Framed Dimensions: 320mm x 400mm

Acrylic on 220gsm Daler Rowney smooth paper
Glazed, mounted and framed

Supplied with signed letter of authenticity from Barnaby.