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Overview
Background
Don DeLillo has received awards and nominations for over 40 prizes including including the Pulitzer, PEN/Faulkner and Man Booker International Prize.
Synopsis
"When it stops being unbearable, it becomes something worse.
It becomes the air we breathe."
Artist Alex Macklin moved to the south-western desert, abandoning his easel to make monumental land art.
A second major stroke renders him speechless and motionless.
He is kept alive by feeding tubes and desperate fourth wife, Lia.
To this remote location comes Alex's second wife, together with his only son, who has been researching ways to end his father's life.
With profound pathos and unsettling humour, DeLillo explores key questions regarding life in an age of advanced medical technology.
What does it really mean to be alive - and how and when should life end?
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Theatre
103 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3LB
Dates
Performance days & times
Monday ‑ 7‑30pm
Tuesday ‑ 7‑30pm (7pm 13 Nov)
Wednesday ‑ 7‑30pm
Thursday ‑ 7‑30pm
Friday ‑ 7‑30pm
Saturday ‑ 7‑30pm
Tickets
£15
Earlybird tickets - book before 8 February 2018 and receive a 25% discount when booking three full price events.
Selected Wednesday performances - £8.50
Cast
Josie Lawrence - Toinette
Joe McGann - Alex
Clara Indrani - Lia
Jack Wilkinson - Sean
Creatives
Author: Don DeLillo
Director: Jack McNamara
Designer: Lily Arnold
Lighting: Azusa Ono
Sound: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Video designer: Andrzej Goulding
Production: Coronet