If you like theatre you want to see this.
The play version of Joe Simpson's Touching the Void is streaming for three more days, through June 13.
It's based on an incredible climbing survival story (spoiler: Joe Simpson is alive and well) but it's about much more than climbing and survival, though it's also about that. The play version is absolutely phenomenal, and it's additionally by far the best film of a live performance I've ever seen.
I will put up a spoiler post to discuss details once June 13 is past. It's not plot spoilers, it's that the play is full of delightful surprises in terms of how they translate one of the least likely stories to ever become a play into a play.
It was INCREDIBLE. Literally everything was great. The writing concept was so clever and effective, and the staging/set/sound/lighting design was AMAZING, and the actors were marvelous.
It was one of the best plays I've ever seen, and I can't believe I'm saying that about a play I've never seen live. But it felt like I was seeing it live.
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rydra_wong, thank you SO MUCH for alerting me to this.
The play version of Joe Simpson's Touching the Void is streaming for three more days, through June 13.
It's based on an incredible climbing survival story (spoiler: Joe Simpson is alive and well) but it's about much more than climbing and survival, though it's also about that. The play version is absolutely phenomenal, and it's additionally by far the best film of a live performance I've ever seen.
I will put up a spoiler post to discuss details once June 13 is past. It's not plot spoilers, it's that the play is full of delightful surprises in terms of how they translate one of the least likely stories to ever become a play into a play.
It was INCREDIBLE. Literally everything was great. The writing concept was so clever and effective, and the staging/set/sound/lighting design was AMAZING, and the actors were marvelous.
It was one of the best plays I've ever seen, and I can't believe I'm saying that about a play I've never seen live. But it felt like I was seeing it live.
rydra_wong, thank you SO MUCH for alerting me to this.Tags: