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If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?

A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever.

Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021.

It was directed by Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong, by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.



Trade Review

'A compelling vision of eternity'

* The Times *

'A powerful show with subtlety and tenderness'

* The i *

'A great idea, charmingly done... Although After Life is based on a film, its best parts are pure theatre'

* Guardian *

'Miraculous... an absolutely superb play... I was incredibly moved by it... a properly transcendent piece of theatre'

* Time Out *

After Life

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 25 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9781839040146
      978-1839040146
      ISBN-10 1839040149
      Also in:
      Poetry

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?

      A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever.

      Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

      Written by Jack Thorne from a concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Thorne, After Life was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in June 2021.

      It was directed by Herrin, in a co-production with Headlong, by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.



      Trade Review

      'A compelling vision of eternity'

      * The Times *

      'A powerful show with subtlety and tenderness'

      * The i *

      'A great idea, charmingly done... Although After Life is based on a film, its best parts are pure theatre'

      * Guardian *

      'Miraculous... an absolutely superb play... I was incredibly moved by it... a properly transcendent piece of theatre'

      * Time Out *

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