Wish I Was Here: live readings of two tragically funny short stories, How to Get Away With Suicide and You Go When You Can No Longer Stay by acclaimed poet and writer Jackie Kay, set to Jon's specially commissioned soundscape.
Malcolm's marriage disintegrates; he leaves his wife and children and moves into a flat nearby, yet feels so far away. Malcolm rants through the night, searching for the perfect way to kill himself and make it look like an accident.
Hilary and Ruth have been together for years. Then Hilary runs up a vast Visa bill, takes to drinking rich red wines, reads slim volumes of poetry and becomes thin. Martin Amis has crept into their relationship and Hilary is leaving.
This version recorded live at the Drill Hall London, 2007