Could you love someone enough to leave them forever?

Harry. Flora... Father. Daughter...

After tonight he may never see her again.

To Break a Man is about moments of decision. Sometimes you are unprepared, but have to make a decision which will change your life. Sometimes, whatever you choose, you lose.

Flora is a disturbed young woman who has had an unbearable insight into the human predicament. Harry is an ordinary man caught between doing the right thing and doing the thing that is best for everyone. Tonight he must choose to save his daughter... and lose her.

To Break a Man is a new piece inspired by a scene in a novel by Paul Auster, developed by performer Jade Blue and director George Dillon.

During the performance the audience will decide in a variety of ways the sequence in which the story is told and the eventual outcome.

One woman: 720 different possible shows.

PREVIEWING AUTUMN 2008
& TOURING IN EARLY 2009

To Break a Man was developed in 2007 as an R & D project funded by the Arts Council of England. Tarry Theatre is seeking venue expressions of interest before applying for further funding to develop the script and create and tour a full production.