National Theatre Live Everyman

Everyman is successful popular and riding high when Death comes calling He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last frantic search to recruit a friend anyone to speak in his defence But Death is close behind and time is running out One of the great primal spiritual myths Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy Poet Laureate and movement by Javier De Frutos