Your last breath
By: Curious Directive
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Description: 1876: Christopher leaves his young family behind to work in Norway, mapping the uncharted mountains. 1999: Anna's body freezes after a skiing accident and her heart stops. But doctors gradually warm her until it starts beating again. 2011: Freija, a successful business woman, travels to scatter her father's ashes in Norway. 2034: Nicholas explains a medical breakthrough which saved his life as a baby, whereby the human body can be 'suspended in animation'. Spanning 150 years, 'Your Last Breath' fuses movement, live piano score and video unravelling the landscapes of the heart and our own personal geographies. It was premiered at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Your last breath, Olfactory, and After the rainfall. Methuen Drama, 2012.