After Life

by Jack Thorne

Hirokazu Kore-eda (Original Author)

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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.

  • ISBN13 9781839040146
  • Publish Date 25 November 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Nick Hern Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 80
  • Language English