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Long ReviewsAug 22, 2022Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Ramsey Nasr in A Little Life at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. Photo: Jess Shurte

Ivo van Hove adapts Hanya Yanagihara’s famed novel in a harrowing but expertly performed production that you experience as much as watch

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