A Primer for the Punctuation
of Heart Disease
Based on the story by Jonathan Safran Foer
Adapted for stage by David Kantounas
A PRIMER FOR THE PUNCTUATION OF HEART DISEASE is a 20 minute performance lecture about the various uses of silence in the Foer family.
The show was created in 2011 and has been performed at many events and venues around London including The Lyric Hammersmith, Tall Tales, Theatre Underground and Shh Boom.
It later went on to form a part of the full length piece, EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED in 2012.
'A character named Jonathan — presumably a cipher for Safran Foer — gives a lecture on the uses of silence in conversations with his family. Here, that trademark whimsy carries real emotional impact; I left with a lump in my throat.'
The Telegraph
A Primer for the Punctuation of Hear Disease, Edinburgh Festival 2012
A Primer for the Punctuation of Hear Disease, Tall Tales 2011
A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease, Shh Boom 2011
A Primer for the Punctuation of Hear Disease, Edinburgh Festival 2012
Writer - Jonathan Safran Foer
Adator / Director - David Kantounas
Video Design - Adam Lenson
Performed by Adam Lenson
'Adam Lenson's Woody Allen‐like Jonathan Safran Foer gives us a very witty 20‐minute lecture about familial heart disease and silences, with deep underlying philosophical meanings that will almost certainly chime with everyone'
British Theatre Guide
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