Theatre, Festival

A Fortunate Man

Organised by: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2019
Performed by: New Perspectives
  • Date:
    18, 19 Jan 2019
  • Time:
    8:00pm
  • Duration:
    1h
  • Venue:
    Esplanade Theatre Studio
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  • Language:
    Performed in English
  • Admission:
    $27, $19*

    * Concessions for students, senior citizens, NSF and PWD card holders

    M1 staff and customers can enjoy an exclusive 20% off $27 tickets. Simply present the M1 logo on your mobile device or bill when booking tickets at SISTIC authorised agents.

  • Advisory:
    Rating to be advised

Synopsis:

50 years ago, the visionary writer John Berger and photographer Jean Mohr published A Fortunate Man, which followed the daily life of English country general practitioner John Sassall, witnessing his compassion, and meditating on the role of a doctor.

15 years after the book's publication, Sassall took his own life. Taking this tragic event as a starting point, New Perspectives teams up with acclaimed theatre maker Michael Pinchbeck to create an expressionistic explosion of the book—a powerful interrogation about the passions and pressures of being a doctor in the modern world.

Part theatre-lecture, part expressionistic explosion of the book, A Fortunate Man is a powerful and poignant interrogation about the passions and pressures of being a doctor in the modern world and what that says about the future health of our society.

A Fortunate Man


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