Mike Noble and Dilek Rose in Reasons to Stay Alive.
[Johan Persson]
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
MATT HAIG’S best-selling book gets an assured adaptation for the stage by April De Angelis in this production, during which The Older Matt (Phil Cheadle) acts as commentator, calmly taking us through the Younger Matt’s darkest days and gradual emergence from suicidal thoughts and hopelessness.
As the physical incarnation of the voice in his younger self’s head, he’s able to supply the insight to continue living that friends and family cannot.
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
SIMON PARSONS is taken by a thought provoking and intelligent play performed with great sensitivity
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
