In the original story – probably best known now through the 2008 Brad Pitt film – Button is born aged 70 ... regresses out of existence. Here Benjamin is born, complete with a tweed suit ...

It’s only the premise that has survived the various outings of Benjamin Button over the years ... but Compton’s production at the new Elephant venue has a larger ensemble, no puppets and ...

In last year’s staging of Benjamin Button at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Harry Potter and The History Boys star Jamie Parker played the lead. Here, it is taken on by John Dagleish, who ...