A Single Man – Aviva Studios
Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 study of grief, A Single Man, is a recognition of the complexities of our inner thoughts at a time of crisis.
When fashion designer Tom Ford adapted the book for his 2009 movie of the same name, he chose to round off some of lead character George’s rougher edges.
Ford also concluded the story more decisively.
In this contemporary ballet, Jonathan Watkins appears to have returned to the original source material, in terms of George's complicated nature.
Watkins has, however, been both more definitive and more hopeful about George's future. With mixed results.
A Single Man is at times heartbreakingly emotional and tearjerkingly beautiful. But it is also, on occasion, slightly impenetrable.
That being said, this Factory International a...
