Living With the Lights On review " brutally funny account of mental illness
Young Vic, LondonThe actor Mark Lockyer's gripping story of his bipolar disorder plays on his status as an unreliable narratorIn 1995, while playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet for the RSC in Stratford, actor Mark Lockyer met the devil in a field on the banks of the Avon. Over the subsequent months, Lockyer, who was suffering from undiagnosed bipolar disorder, became increasingly erratic. On one occasion mid-perform…