The centrepiece of Liverpool Unity Theatre’s spring programme is the return of Told By An Idiot with their new play, My Perfect Mind.
This dark comedy features Olivier award-winning actor Edward Petherbridge, the distinguished stage actor who performed in Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company and played Guildenstern in the world premiere of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
My Perfect Mind runs from March 5 to 9 and is a comic exploration of the resilience of the human spirit.
Performed by Petherbridge and Paul Hunter in a production directed by Kathryn Hunter, the show blurs events from a life-changing chapter in the actor’s life and moments from King Lear.
He was rehearsing for the role of King Lear when a major stroke left him barely able to move. In the space of 24 hours, he had gone from knowing one of the greatest parts in Western drama, to not even being able to move his thumb and index finger together. As he struggled to recover, he made a startling discovery: the entire role of Lear still existed word for word in his mind.