When Vincent Met John

But imagine what might have happened had the two greatest artists of their time met?

Vincent Van Gogh died in 1890, John Lennon died in 1980, both of gunshot wounds to the chest. But imagine what might have happened had the two greatest artists of their time met?

This hypothetical meeting between John Lennon and Vincent van Gogh is the premise of a new play by actor and writer Nick Wilkes. We all know that Vincent van Gogh was a nineteenth-century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter and amongst the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. We all know John Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who gained worldwide fame with The Beatles.

What we don’t all know is that five years before their respective deaths both men went through profound change, and this is what has inspired playwright Nick Wilkes to bring these two cultural giants together.