When you Pass Over my Tomb
by Sergio Blanco
Arcola Theatre
A must-see triumph! Challenging, stimulating, playful, thrilling, but above all, it defies categorisation.
Spy in the Stalls
Art, at its best, challenges an audience to see the world differently, and When You Pass Over My Tomb achieves this like nothing else I’ve ever seen.
A Young(ish) Perspective
Style and substance come together in Daniel Goldman’s production, a deeply thought-provoking exploration of love and lust beyond the grave.
Latinolife
An ambitious and inventive exploration of death and what the body offers when it no longer lives and breathes.
BroadwayBaby
The nimble direction by Daniel Goldman is a masterclass in mind over meta. As the writing slaloms around one postmodern hairpin bend after another, he carefully delineates the different layers of reality.
The Guardian
Sergio Blanco has decided to end his life. Rather than committing an act of violence upon his body, he decides to visit an assisted suicide clinic in Geneva to facilitate his journey into death. As he is making preparations, he reads an article in a magazine about a young Iranian necrophiliac who has been interned at Bethlem Hospital and is moved to ask – and what if, instead of donating my body to science after I die, I gave my body to someone who might take pleasure in it. To answer this question, he travels to London to meet Khaled, all the while continuing to advance towards his death with the help of Doctor Godwin in Geneva.
Cast
Charlie MacGechan (Charlie/Khaled), Allel Nedjari (Allel/Me), Danny Scheinmann (Danny/Doctor Godwin).
Creative Team
Daniel Goldman (Director), Francesca Murray-Fuentes (Assistant Director), Alex Jaouen (Stage Manager), Richard Williamson (LIghting & Video Design), Hugh Sheehan (Sound Design), Male Arcucci (Set and Costume Design), Beth Qualter Buncall (Costume Supervisor)
All photos: Alex Brenner