Touching The Void London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (3)
See it if Creating tension and wild landscapes from little appeals
Don't see it if You are wanting an entertaining smile of a show
See it if You would enjoy contemporary and experimental adaptations of a book about rock climbing and peril
Don't see it if You’re not feeling up for a new approach
See it if The story was very well done. The really clever set ,manages to show someone climbing a mountain while not .
Don't see it if You don't enjoy straight plays .If you have seen the film ,this was not exactly the same story .
Critic Reviews (7)
Real-life story of man left for dead on mountain leaves you breathless.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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