In London, a man named Charlie wakes up, after fainting in a tube station. He's in the lost and found office. Next to Charlie is an urn with his mother's ashes in it. The Tube man tells Charlie he can tell the soul of a nation from the stuff that it loses. This is an early scene from a play called How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found. Over the course of the play, Charlie then loses everything, including his grip on what's real. It won critical acclaim in Britain and it's now being staged in Pasadena at The Boston Court theater. Madeleine is joined by playwright, Fin Kennedy, who has come to Pasadena to see his story performed.
Local theater: How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
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The Madeleine Brand Show, exclusively on 89.3 KPCC, 89.1 KUOR and 90.3 KVLA, captures the spirit of the West in a conversational, informal, witty style and examines the cultural issues people are buzzing about. Hosted by Madeleine Brand, and produced by Kristen Muller, Steve Proffitt and Sanden Totten, the show includes regular segments like Weird L.A. - highlighting a person, place or thing that you've never heard about, but probably should; Parenting on the Edge - a weekly discussion on the challenges and pitfalls of raising kids; as well as regular contributors like Luke Burbank, Rico Gagliano, Brendan Newnam and John Moe to help dissect culture, technology and business news.

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