Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is a heart-wrenching important play, dealing with themes of loneliness, mortality and hopelessness alongside issues of: gay rights, Jewish rights and the AIDS epidemic. Currently running its latest re-staging at Warwick Arts Centre this review is of the performance on the 3 rd May, the third show in the four-night run. Co-directed by Aaron Chote and Theotima Ioannou in conjunction with WUDS, the performance was both honest and powerful, handling the importance of the subject matter with sensitivity and care. The Normal Heart takes on the AIDS crisis sweeping New York in the 1980’s. Following the story of Ned Weeks (Adam Wilmshurst), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group, working to instigate change in an ignorant and ostracising society. Whilst struggling to hold his position not only within society but also within the group that he founded, he goes on an emotional journey with his closeted lover Felix Turner which progresses into a bea...
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