“What if the moon were to sing to the sea,” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 🌙
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button began as F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 short story about a man born old who ages in reverse, growing younger while everyone he loves grows older 🌙. The musical by Jethro Compton and Darren Clark moves the tale to a Cornish fishing village, where Benjamin's backwards life plays out against the tide, the moon, and a close knit community that tells his story. After first opening in London in 2019, the production returned to the West End at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2024 and won three Olivier Awards in 2025, including Best New Musical 🏆. Its folk score, played by actor musicians with the whole company on stage, sounds like sea air and lamplight, full of shanties, ballads, and songs about time. The moon singing to the sea is the show's own kind of question, the sort Benjamin's impossible life asks about love, timing, and how you shimmer and shine ✨.
✨ Details:
Music teacher Elexa creates her shop's art pieces using her students' recycled sheet music and book pages, acrylic paint and she hand draws each phrase and illustration with a sharpie.
- Option 1: 8x10 art print printed on 32 lbs laser print paper, packaged in cellophane wrapping with black card stock and artist biography.
- Option 2: 11x14 matted art print, featuring a white matte added to your 8x10 art print.
- Option 3: A hand-painted-to-order 8x10 canvas painting that is 1 inch thick, crafted using recycled sheet music, book pages, and a handwritten quote.
- Option 4: A hand-painted-to-order 8x10 Premium canvas painting that is 2 inches thick, created using recycled sheet music, book pages, and a handwritten quote.
- Other Options: Additional sizes in original hand-painted-to-order canvases and premium canvases.
Available as an art print, matted print, or hand-painted canvas.
🎁 Perfect for:
• Benjamin Button musical fans
• West End and Broadway lovers
• Fitzgerald and classic book lovers
• Coastal and moonlit decor fans
• Folk musical fans
• Theatre room and gallery walls