TOUCHING THE VOID
Tom Morris directs with the impeccable timing of a thriller
The obstacle of reaching the heights at the start of a new theatre era has been triumphantly surmounted
Tom Morris’s most accomplished project since War Horse
The Telegraph
30 years on, an epic tale of survival is retold. Experience the creation of a mountaineering legend.
What happens when you look death squarely in the face and how do you find the strength to crawl back towards life?
Joe Simpson's best-selling 1988 memoir Touching the Void, international bestseller and BAFTA-winning film sensation, charts his struggle for survival on the perilous Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes aged just 25.
The heart of the story is Joe Simpson's mental battle as he teeters on the very brink of death and despair in a crevasse from which he can't possibly climb to safety. Also unforgettable in the story is the appalling dilemma of Simon Yates, perched on an unstable snow-cliff, battered by freezing winds and desperate to rescue the injured Simpson, who hangs from a rope below him. Knowing that they will both ultimately fall into the void, he makes the critical decision to cut the rope, forever changing the lives of both of them.
Tom Morris (The Grinning Man, War Horse, Swallows & Amazons) directs the first stage adaptation of this nail-biting adventure, bringing award-winning writer and Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh David Greig (The Events, The Lorax, The Suppliant Women) back to Bristol for the first time since his college days.
Sam Thorp is our interpreter for the Signed performance on Sat 22 Sep at 2.30pm.
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A Bristol Old Vic, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Fuel co-production
Director Tom Morris continues his run of hits with this electrifying production.
A gripping, inventively staged survival story.
A nail-biting tale of survival and a poignant exploration of human nature.
Touching the Void is the Old Vic at the peak of its theatrical powers
A theatrical triumph... as exhilarating and as exhausting as the climb itself
Please note that peanuts will be consumed on stage during Touching the Void.
