The play follows Jennifer, played by Laura Borland, a mortuary make-up artist who begins preparing the body of a young man who has taken his own life. She doesn’t expect him to sit up and speak, but John, played by Derry man Andy Doherty, is not quite ready to go.
Photos by George Sweeney.
1. John, who has died by suicide, appears in the mortuary in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney
John, who has died by suicide, appears in the mortuary in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
2. John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney
John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
3. John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney
John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
4. John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney
John, who has died by suicide, appears to mortuary make-up artist Jennifer in a liminal space between life and death in Jonathan Burgess’s play Forever and Ever at New Gate Arts and Culture Centre. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney