Presented by PLAYING ON, By Philip Osment, Directed by Jim Pope
Dates: Tue 8 - Sun 27 Jan, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 4 pm
Tickets: £16, £13 Conc.
Writer’s Guild award winner Philip Osment’s moving and provocative drama follows the journey of six characters’ struggles with mental health. Nicholas, a psychiatrist battling with the demands of his work tries to keep his marriage alive. His father is showing early signs of Alzheimer’s and is finding it increasingly hard to cope. When an “SUI” (serious untoward incident) occurs to one of Nicholas’ patients his life is turned upside down.
Created after 5 years of ground-breaking research and development at some of the UK’s leading mental health care facilities, Hearing Things, directed by Jim Pope, explores the relationships between psychiatry and medication, doctor and patient.
"This is a rare and timely piece of drama on this increasingly urgent subject. It comments sensitively and astutely on the mental health system, exposing the ways in which its flaws and its inherent complexities affect both professionals and those receiving treatment." Disability Arts Online on Hearing Things
“Its impact on the audience was startling and, for me, it was a most convincing theatrical representation of life in prison” Sir Ian McKellan on Inside