Essay on Dying

One year after the death of his father, author and theatre director Boris Nikitin begins to write the story of his ALS disease. The disease had made short work: it took only a year from diagnosis to death. Very early on, the father opened the idea of considering assisted suicide, which is a legal way of dying in Switzerland. It’s a statement that changes everything.

In Essay on Dying, Nikitin combines the story of this outing with the story of his own coming out as a gay man 20 years earlier and develops a radical and at the same time intimate show about what it means to reveal oneself to others and to make oneself vulnerable.

Post-show talk

Don't rush off. Chat directly with Boris Nikitin and engage directly with the work — no fourth wall, just him, in the room, answering what the show leaves open.

Duration: 55 min

Age Restriction: 14

Cast and team: Boris Nikitin