Whose Life is it Anyway?

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Play Opened 25 January 2005, Closed 30 April 2005

Comedy Theatre Panton Street, London

"Sensational" The Sunday Express

Intelligent, sexy and talented, sculptor Claire Harrison is used to being in control of her life. But then a serious road accident forces her to contemplate a future in which she will remain constantly dependent on those around her.

"Compelling" The Sunday Times

Left with only the use of her sharp mind, wit and indomitable spirit, Claire will not submit quietly to her fate. She can make us laugh, and often does. She could make us cry, but doesn't want to. What she does want is to be heard and to reclaim the decisions about her own life and death. The play Whose Life Is It Anyway? places the individual at the centre of one of the most complex medical and moral issues of our times - do we have the right to choose how we want to live and when we want to die?

Sir Peter Hall directs Kim Cattrall, in her British Theatre debut as Claire Harrison, in an updated version of Brian Clark's classic play.

"Kim Cattrall's touching, teasing triumph" The Daily Telegraph

Major technological advances over the past thirty years now allow doctors to keep patients alive irrespective of their quality of life, making the question of freedom of choice even more acute. Now Whose Life is it Anyway? revisits this ongoing debate as this newly updated version invites contemporary audiences to consider some of the most controversial questions they are ever likely to face.

"A performance of haunting glory" The London Evening Standard

Kim Cattrall is best known for her portrayal of 'Samantha Jones' in the award-winning television series Sex and the City. She began her theatrical training at LAMDA before joining the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She made her Broadway debut in 1986 as 'Sofya' opposite Ian McKellen in the National Theatre's production of Chekhov's Wild Honey.