Friday 13 November 2009

Review - Whose Life is it Anyway?

Church Hill Theatre
* *
By Thom Dibdin

SURPRISINGLY hilarious in its opening scenes, Leitheatre’s take on Brain Clark’s right-to-die drama succeeds in finding an emotional core, but is still swamped by dialogue which spends too long rehearsing the arguments.

At the centre of the debate is Ken Harrison, six months on from an accident which paralysed him from the neck down - and stuck in hospital with no hope of an independent life.

Michael Ferguson makes Harrison an all-too human character - exchanging banter with the ward sister, making inappropriate advances to the young nurses and...  Link to full review in the Edinburgh Evening News..

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