Preview screenings of the new David Tennant feature Mad To
Be Normal begin at the Glasgow Film Theatre today. The film premiered at the
venue on February 26th as the closing gala of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
The exclusive previews run from today until Thursday 30th March ahead of the
film’s national release on Thursday 6th April.
In addition, the screening on Sunday 26th March at 4.20pm includes
a 30-minute panel discussion hosted by Richard Warden (Film Lead,
Mental Health Foundation).
Mad To Be Normal is based on the life of maverick
psychiatrist R.D. Laing and his controversial 1960s experiment at Kingsley Hall in
London where he set up a medication-free community in which people experiencing severe
schizophrenia lived alongside medical practitioners and support workers as
equals. It stars David Tennant as Laing, with Elisabeth Moss,
Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne also among the cast.
Check times and book tickets here
Mad To Be Normal
There was no more charismatic or controversial a figure
during the swinging ‘60s than Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing. Dubbed “the
white Martin Luther King” and the “high priest of anti-psychiatry”, Laing was
as famous as Dylan. His methods flew in the face of a medical establishment
that considered Laing a dangerous radical. Mad to Be Normal offers a
powerful account of Laing’s Kingsley Hall experiment with a stunning
performance from David Tennant that truly gets under the skin of an
utterly compelling figure.
For details of screenings across the UK in April and May,
please visit www.madtobenormalmovie.com
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