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Recommended age 12+
Performance dates
9 November 2019 - 29 February 2020
Run time: 2hr 25min (inc. interval)
Includes interval
157 reviews
Following its sell-out world-premiere in 2018, “Tom Morris’ most accomplished project since War Horse” (The Telegraph) transfers to London.
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 memoir, turned BAFTA-winning film, charts his struggle for survival in the Andes in 1985. The heart of the story is Joe Simpson’s mental battle as he teeters on the brink of death and despair in a crevasse from which he can’t possibly climb to safety.
Alongside this is the appalling dilemma of Simon Yates, perched on an unstable snow-cliff, battered by freezing winds and desperate to rescue his injured climbing partner who hangs from a rope below him.
The survival story at the heart of Touching The Void is one most climbers have likely discussed in alpine bars, chucking that grave hypothetical back and forth – “what would you have done in Simon Yates’ position?”
13 Dec, 2019 | By Jack Hudson
The void has now been filled as the upcoming West End production of Touching The Void finds its cast. The play, which is directed by The Grinning Man's Tom Morris and marks the first stage adaptation of Joe Simpson's memoir, is set to transfer to the Duke of Yorks Theatre on 9 November 2019.
15 Jul, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
Following a sell-out world premiere at the Bristol Old Vic last year, David Greig's stage adaptation of Touching The Void is set to transfer to London's Duke of York's Theatre on 9 November for a strictly limited season lasting until 29 February 2020.
16 May, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels