The Barber of Moville
As the Assisted Dying Bill makes slow and painful progress through Parliament, some see Switzerland as the only alternative to a lingering descent into dementia.
With the Assisted Dying Bill making a slow and painful progress through Parliament, there are some people with dementia but not expected to die within six months who see Switzerland as their only option if they are to avoid a lingering decline over which they have no agency.
Ronan Carr鈥檚 drama, The Barber of Moville addresses this dilemma with unflinching poignancy. Kitty knew this was coming and so she prepared for it by drawing up a contract committing her partner to the trip to Zurich because she knew she would have forgotten all about it when the trip came due.
Inevitably however, despite the signed contract with her husband Dommo and a video recording committing her future self to what she sees as the only sensible way out, Kitty decides at the last minute that she has changed her mind - what鈥檚 left of it.
Kitty - Frances Tomelty
Dommo - Dermot Crowley
Director: Eoin O鈥機allaghan
A Big Fish Radio production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
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- Thu 31 Jul 2025 14:15蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
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