Touching the Void

<i>In 1928 a journalist asked George Mallory why he wanted to climb Everest. Mallory said, 'Because it's there.'</i><br><br>Joe Simpson's memoir <i>Touching the Void</i>, international bestseller and BAFTA-winning film, charts his struggle for survival on the perilous Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes aged twenty-five.<br><br>Adapted for the stage by David Greig, Joe's story explodes into a bold theatrical fantasia. We discover the counter-cultural world of Alpine climbing and the sensual joy of the mountains; we bear witness to the appalling moment when Joe's climbing partner Simon Yates, battered by freezing winds and tethered to the injured Simpson, makes the critical decision to cut the rope.<br><br>Tense, funny and inquisitive, <i>Touching the Void</i> explores the mind's extraordinarily rich reservoirs of strength and imagination when teetering on the edge of death.<br><br>David Greig's <i>Touching the Void </i>premiered at Bristol Old Vic, Bristol in September 2018.