Touching The Void
Closed 2h 25m
Touching The Void
86%
86%
(4 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
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Negative
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Members say
Absorbing, Great acting, Clever, Intense, Great staging

About the Show

A stage adaptation of Joe Simpson's best-selling memoir about adventure and survival.

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Critic Reviews (7)

The Telegraph (UK)
November 17th, 2019

A white-knuckle adaptation to take you to the top of the world...I’ve seen it twice and would go again in a heartbeat.
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London Theatre
November 15th, 2019

It's also a penetrating portrayal of the impulse of human survival, against the odds: a thrilling, salutary reminder of our shared humanity and ability to overcome hardships, however extreme.
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The Arts Desk
November 15th, 2019

David Greig's much-lauded mountaineering story doesn't quite peak...As an affirmation of the human spirit, Touching the Void is great, but it doesn't quite scale the summit.
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The Stage (UK)
November 15th, 2019

What the production does particularly well, however, is make it possible to appreciate Simon’s horrific predicament in leaving his climbing partner behind while also allowing the audience to marvel at human resilience in the most testing of circumstances.
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Time Out London
November 15th, 2019

What elevates ‘Touching the Void’ from ‘well-judged’ to ‘spine-tingling’ is Morris’s exemplary staging, in cahoots with a crack creative team headed by designer Ti Green and movement director Sasha Milavic Davies.
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The London Evening Standard
November 15th, 2019

Real-life story of man left for dead on mountain leaves you breathless.
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The Times (UK)
November 16th, 2019

If any play exemplifies the power of theatre, it has to be this stunningly inventive piece, which takes an audience up a mountain to the brink of death.
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