Review: Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep was devised and written by the company for ViSIBLE Theatre Ensemble and first performed at the Southwark Playhouse in April 2022. ViSIBLE is committed to creating performances that look at later life and living longer from a different point of view. One of its key aims is to work collaboratively, using the talent of Britain's experienced older actors to tell the stories of a population living 30 years longer than a century ago.

The play was developed over two years through a series of workshops in response to the statistic that 30 per cent of the UK population suffer from some type of sleep disturbance. It follows a group of five insomniacs as they try to make it through the night telling the audience about their futures and pasts, their distracting activities and sleep techniques.