Mick Gordon – författare

Can the dying teach us how to live? Inspired by the experiences of psychologist and palliative care-worker Marie de Hennezel, this book asks us to accompany people towards death. In this book, characters matter-of-factly explain the nature and progress of their disease, and share final thoughts and deeds.

The astonishing adaptation, by Malcolm McKay, of Max Arthur's bestselling and acclaimed book, "Forgotten Voices", is based on the spoken testimony of veterans of the First World War, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum in 1970. Five ordinary survivors - four men and one woman - movingly reveal their memories, which make up a complete narrative of an awesome war. "Forgotten Voices" will run at the Assembly Theatre, Edinburgh throughout August, before transferring to the Riverside, London.

Are we just the puppet of our emotions?No aspect of our mental life is more important to the quality and meaning of our existence than emotions. They are what make life worth living, or sometimes ending. They are what motivate our behaviour and influence our beliefs.Maverick Theatre-maker Mick Gordon and neuropsychologist Paul Broks join forces with acclaimed puppeteers, Blind Summit, to use and abuse the tools of the theatre, an art form which creates and manipulates feelings, to explore the complicated and crucial arena of human emotion.

How did we get here and what might lie ahead? Join Charlie and his dog Fitz as they jump on board a roller coaster that will send you back in time, from the beginnings of life, through dinosaurs to DNA, and on into the future.

Written by international award-winning director Mick Gordon, this drama of passion and prejudice takes us to the heart of one family's struggle to define home. Also features songs and lyrics from iconic musician and writer Billy Bragg, who writes from a socialist rather than a jingoistic perspective of identity.

Following their acclaimed shows On Ego, On Religion, On Emotion, and On Love, the On Theatre now tackle empathy. When Bea asks something of her mother that no parent would want to be asked, and of her only friend "Not Gay Ray," they are both forced to challenge the boundaries of their own compassion.