Acclaimed by critics and fans alike, Spider has been described by its maker as “Beckett confronting Freud”. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, it tells the story of Dennis Cleg (Ralph Fiennes), a man with schizophrenia who, after decades in a mental institution, returns to the neighbourhood where he grew up and begins to recover memories of a traumatic childhood. Free of the usual shock tactics, the result is a somewhat minimalist psychodrama providing an unflinching look at the depth and complexity of mental illness.