A Little Life review " Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted
Festival theatre, EdinburghIvo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage When Jude St Francis cuts his wrists, the blood is thick, crimson and plentiful. As it drips on to the stage, the widescreen video flanking two sides of the set turns from crisp images of New York streets to angsty pixelation. Then a sepia dullness. The string q…