F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is being turned into a stage musical.

The story was previously turned into the award-winning 2008 film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, directed by David Fincher.

The new musical Celtic musical is being written, directed and produced by Jethro Compton with music and lyrics by Darren Clark.

It tells the curious story of one man who ages in reverse and the woman he has fallen in love with. The production will run at Southwark Playhouse from 15 May to 8 June.