LOVE BEYOND
By Ramesh Meyyappan

Presented by Raw Material & Vanishing Point in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts

Scottish Theatre Awards 2024:
WINNER: BEST SCOTTISH PRODUCTION AT EDINBURGH FRINGE - LEADING LIGHT AWARD

CATS Awards 2023:
WINNER: BEST MUSIC AND SOUND
WINNER: BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION
NOMINEE: OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RAMESH MEYYAPPAN)
NOMINEE: BEST NEW PLAY
NOMINEE: BEST DESIGN

Love Beyond is a love story. But not a typical one.

Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new home, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him. Events from the past seem newly present; a visit from his wife rekindles their love - he imagines they are young and together again.

Harry’s carer provides him with some solace, but just as the determined nurse begins to learn Harry’s sign language, he begins to forget it, leaving him in a unique world where he must confront the only thing that remains – himself.

Love Beyond is a beautiful, tender and visually creative new show from renowned theatre artist Ramesh Meyyappan, and directed by Matthew Lenton.

This show incorporates BSL, visual language (sign mime/visual vernacular) and oral dialogue. It intends to present an equal experience for d/Deaf audiences and hearing audiences.

Supported by British Deaf Association.

“★★★★★
There are few superlatives that should be left in any dictionary after describing this sublime piece of theatre... an exceptional piece of creative thought, visual excellence and theatrical joy”

— BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE 2024

“★★★★★
Truly exceptional theatre”

— BROADWAY WORLD

“★★★★
A show about love made with love and visual flair... beautiful... a technical triumph”

— THE STAGE

“★★★★
Powerful story of dementia plays out like a thriller... stupendously directed by Matthew Lenton”

— THE GUARDIAN

NO LIMITS 2025
HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL

20-22 March 2025
Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong

Love Beyond was part of the Made In Scotland showcase 2024 and this tour is supported by the Onward Touring Fund.

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“★★★★ Lenton’s one-hour show combines tremendous depths of emotion with sheer technical brilliance, as Ramesh Meyappan as Harry, Elicia Daly as May, and Amy Kennedy as the memory of Elise, travel deep into Harry’s world of memory and longing; helped by Becky Minto’s astonishing set of mirrored screens which sometimes shiver with loss and uncertainty, superb lighting by Simon Wilkinson, and a searching and beautiful score by David Paul Jones, which leads us straight into the surges of thought and emotion in Harry’s mind, that cannot be expressed in words.”

— The Scotsman

“★★★★ Passionate, powerful, and poignant.”

— Edinburgh Guide

“★★★★ The staging is a piece of creative genius, particularly involving the direction of Matthew Lenton, and the work of the design team. Becky Minto’s set uses three large wheeled panels behind the main action, lit by Simon Wilkinson.”

— All Edinburgh Theatre

Credits

Written by Ramesh Meyyappan
Directed by Matthew Lenton
Associate Director Ben Standish
Set & Costume Design by Becky Minto
Lighting Design by Simon Wilkinson
Composed by David Paul Jones

Performed by Rinkoo Barpaga, Elica Daly
Amy Kennedy & Ramesh Meyyappan
Production photography: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan