Or You Could Kiss Me

a new play by Neil Bartlett
and Handspring Puppet Company

Good availability from 2 November (ends 18 November)
If the performance you require appears as sold out, you could call the Box Office on 020 7452 3000 to enquire about £10 restricted view seats which are sold by phone only.

4 STARS Sunday Times, Sunday Express

'Hypnotically moving.' Sunday Times

‘To watch the puppets is to be transported to a War Horse style realm.’ Daily Mail

Neil Bartlett returns to the National in collaboration with the War Horse team of Handspring Puppet Company and designer Rae Smith to create this new play for grown-ups: a fierce and tender meditation on love, memory and the power of the unspoken.

Using a bare stage, a handful of domestic props and the astonishing puppetry that is Handspring’s trademark, Or You Could Kiss Me is an intimate history of two very private lives, lived in extraordinary times.

In the winter of 2036, in a shabby apartment in Port Elizabeth, two old men search for a way to say goodbye after a lifetime spent together. In the perfect summer of 1971, in a very different South Africa, their handsome younger selves search for the courage to fall in love. And poised halfway between these two stories – one imagined, one remembered – their real-life counterparts bear witness to both the beginning and the ending of an incredible journey.

It may be strange, but sure, this tale is true.

‘Blazing compassion.’ Sunday Times

‘As a spectacle, it is extraordinary.’ Observer.
Read the full review

World Premiere

Please note: Owing to the nature of this production, latecomers may be asked to stand.

Discover more about the production: watch two short films that show how Handpsring bring their puppets to life with thought and breath.

Find out more about Handspring Puppet Company by visiting their website.

Captioned performance Tuesday 19 October at 7.30pm

photo © istockphoto

Or You Could Kiss Me finished on: 18 November 2010