Punters despair at James Norton's 'upsetting, unflinchingly brutal' West End play A Little Life

Fans have revealed how they left James Norton's West End play early after paying to watch a production featuring with rape, torture, child abuse and nudity. A Little Life left preview audiences at the Harold Pinter Theatre traumatised by graphic on-stage portrayals of suicide, self-harm and paedophilia - with one audience member counting 11 people walking out. Tough watch: Fans who have paid to watch James Norton in a West End play have been walking out of the show about rape, torture and child abuse Talent: The Happy Valley star, 37, is starring in the much-anticipated West End adaptation of cult novel directed by Ivo van Hove. Response: One attendee at Richmond Theatre, where the stage re-telling of Hanya Yanagihara's 2015 book opened on Tuesday, said they made the decision to leave at the interval after the 'relentless misery' became too much for them One audience member said: 'I have some experience with physical abuse and I know A LOT about emotional abuse by a parent.