A shattering journey through the life of the artist – an incessant struggle against poverty, discouragement, madness and despair. From his failed foray into the clergy, and his days as a young artist in Paris, to his descent into madness in the South of France.

This story of his turbulent, often painful life is told through new writing, along with extracts from his own letters, written to his brother Theo, and punctuated by images of his own sketches, drawings and paintings. The painter is brought to life not only as an artist, but as a personality, in a passionate solo performance to the life, mind and art of a man of extraordinary talent and humanity.