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Gare St Lazare return to the Festival to present Swallow by
acclaimed Irish playwright Michael Harding. Harding plays
Cyril McAloon, a Protestant farmer from Monaghan, attempting
to make sense of the events that have just befallen him.
One night, hearing his adored brother call his name from the
icy deathtrap of a frozen lake, Cyril McAloon made the bleakest
of decisions, and his life ever since has been gnarled by
guilt and regret.
Harding’s realisation of the embittered McAloon is riveting
and incisive, difficult emotions permeating his every move
and utterance as the rain saturates his useless Co. Cavan
fields. A stunning potrait of a man deeply, irredeemably alone.
"For once, the Irish monologue is a warranted form."
Belinda McKeown, The Irish Times.
"Spellbinding" The Tribune
Ticket £7.00/£5.00 from the Festival Office
on 028 9023 2403 and Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609 |
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In this Edinburgh smash, disabled comedian Laurence Clark
takes an irreverent look at the multi-million pound disability
charity industry, asking who the f**k needs Esther Rantzen
or Jimmy Saville anyway.
Questioning if equality can ever be achieved through charity,
after this, you might never put coins into rattling tins again!
Stand-up routines around the somewhat ‘taboo’
subject of disability charities are interspersed with video
footage and appeals on behalf of various celebrities.
“Perhaps the celebrities, who we see on TV asking for
donations are the needy cases, people whose careers are on
the slide and who turn to collecting money for charity to
raise their profiles…”
BSL interpretation and Speech to Text provided.
Ticket £6.00/£4.00 from the Festival Office on
028 9023 2403 and Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609
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