Brixton, 1873 A brash young Dutchman, working for the London branch of an international firm of art-dealers, rents a room in the house of an English widow Three years later, he returns to Europe on the first stop of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality in paint.
Based on the true facts of Vincent van Gogh's early life in London, Nicholas Wright's new play is about the transforming effect of love, sex and artistic adventure on unformed talent It traces the birth of genius.

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