Graham Robertson, left, and Dave Evans in “Tuesdays with Morrie”. Photo by Andrew Sadow.
We were privileged guests, along with Dave Evans’ Mitch Albom, in the life and space of Morrie, a most insightful gentleman. Both actors worked with great sensitivity in bringing a book to life on the stage.
Sitting back in the most comfortable seats of The Q, it was easy to flow within a mind-space of a very personal story. Director, Liz Bradley, has allowed the actors to evoke the relationship between two men in a seamless interplay between narration and simply being the story.
It is an autobiographical work with the writer also being a character. By chance, Albom saw his former professor on television. Seeing the older man now with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, he determined to meet up and continue the positive relationship of his student days. This leads to regular visits on Tuesdays. This deceptively simple plot structure allows for each character to discover and refine a pathway for the different periods in their lives. Morrie’s travel into death and Mitch’s refining of a new way of seeing offers a glimpse into a deeper understanding of life’s purpose and possibility.
This is not easy work and it could become twee or sentimental in lesser hands. The production avoids such traps and utilises the strengths of the actors to mark out the signposts for discovery.
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