Touching the Void proves anything is possible in the theatre
David Greig's survival-story adaptation has clawed its way to the West End " and it is a triumph of resolve and innovation When this adaptation of Joe Simpson's mountaineering memoir, Touching the Void, opened at Bristol Old Vic in September last year, it was festooned with five-star reviews. Both David Greig's script and Tom Morris's production were praised to the skies for achieving the seemingly impossible: puttin…