First look at Danny Beard as Lily Savage in SAVAGE

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 27 October, 2026, 12:00

We've gotten our first look at RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard as Lily Savage in Jonathan Harvey's brand-new comedy Savage.

Danny Beard as Lily Savage. Photo by Oliver Rosser

Savage tells the story of Paul O'Grady, better known by his drag persona, Lily Savage. Created with his blessing, it is a bold and deeply moving new play drawing on both Paul’s extraordinary life and his autobiographies to tell the story behind the creation of Lily Savage. The show follows Paul’s journey from the streets of Merseyside to the heart of London’s club scene, where, armed with little more than his wits and a wig, he began carving out a place for himself.

It is written by multi-award-winning Jonathan Harvey (Gimme Gimme Gimme, Coronation Street, Beautiful Thing) and stars RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard in the title role. The world premiere production will be directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (Kinky Boots, West End/UK & Ireland Tour; Legally Blonde, UK & Ireland Tour; The Sound of Music, Curve).

Savage will have its world premiere at Curve Leicester in February 2027 and tour the UK ahead of its West End premiere.