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About the Show

The debut of Yomi Ṣode's probing and poetic play about how we navigate our closest relationships.

When the heart of the family is lost, how do those who remain navigate their new normal? This reflective, personal work explores the complexities of family relationships with lyricism and heart. Yomi Sode was the recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry fellowship. Starring David Jonsson (BBC2’s "Industry") and directed by the Olivier Award-winning Miranda Cromwell ("Death of a Salesman").

Critic Reviews (7)

‘and breathe…’ is a beautiful balance of words, sound and feeling, delicate and indestructible as a shaft of light.
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Yomi Ṣode’s startling play about death, mourning and young masculinity is intensified by its weight of emotion and sensational stagecraft
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For all Jonsson’s physical presence, however, it wasn’t always easy to follow the words. Sode’s writing is dense and allusive.
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David Jonsson plays Junior with great sensitivity, extrapolating a wealth of wit, wry humour, flashing anger and undisguised upset from the crisp text.
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It’s a small, even low-key piece – and yet, thanks to Jonsson, it’s also pretty special.
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But the combo of its brevity and the make-do-and-mend austerity give the show a small canvas to work from, and it never quite lifts off.
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It is a pleasure to watch two different artists working with one another so seamlessly, the highlight of this touching play at the Almeida.
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