LOVER BOY

While spreading his wings in the Meat Loaf-packed musical Bat Out of Hell, Jordan Luke Gage was spotted by legendary Swedish songwriter and producer Max Martin and his team and cast in what was to become the Olivier Award-winning West End smash, & Juliet. Shakespeare’s timeless love story has been given a pop makeover, with Jordan hitting all the right notes as a very modern Romeo.

As he returns to the stage at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre after a lockdown-induced break, 29-year-old Jordan, from Reading, lifts the curtain on his joy at being able to perform again, bringing one of literature’s most famous leading men into the 21st century, coming to terms with and addressing his own