I’m very jealous @Fagan_ODowd. Listened to a load of the tunes there recently. Sounds savage.
That’s some praise
Heading to this in a few months. Had to pay through the nose for tickets but you couldnt put a a price on the brownie points earned with the missus. Delighted it has the Fagan o Dowd seal of approval.
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A bit early to be thinking about crimbo presents but this might be worth picking up a couple of tickets for
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My wife doesn’t have rabies either.
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I am very glad to hear that.
I’d never heard of Tom Murphy before today
@Fagan_ODowd I was over at Hamilton last month and it was everything you said it was and more. A tremendous excursion. I took in the Ferryman the same weekend which was also excellent. Its set up north around the time of the hunger strikes.
I was at Assasins in the Gate last night as well. Its an excellent evenings entertainment that id recommend to any musical theatre fans on the forum.
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What’s your take on the Ferryman?
Dont pay him, until he gets you to the other side.
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You can’t trust zeebrugges
I enjoyed it but I can see why it comes in for criticism. Depends how you approach it. As a piece of theatre I thought it was enjoyable. As a social commentary on the troubles it was problematic as the snowflakes like to say. There was likeable characters, a decent pace to it and a good sense of impending doom in the plot along with a healthy dose of humour. The country tweeness was a bit overcooked at times and there wasn’t much nuance to the IRA characters who were very one dimensional. There was one tremendous rant about what a cunt Maggie Thatcher is by the grand-aunt character which was worth the admission alone. The version I saw was not the original cast which was a pity as i’d have like to see Paddy Considine on stage.
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Thanks, that was more in depth than I was expecting. I don’t know how anyone could make sense of that period in norn iron history.
My life partner asked me to go see Asking For It in the Gaeity with her tonight.
Three hours of my life I will never get back. Set in cork centring around, rape and the Savage insularness of the local village.
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What did her indoors think of it
Underwhelemed, she much preferred the book.
Have the feeling that the book is probably around a similar standard but as she was reading it around the time of the Belfast 3 rape case it proabably captured the zeitgeist (cc @TheUlteriorMotive ) of the time and added to the book.
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As an aside Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell has a very interesting chapter on sexual assaults and research from US colleges which shows a complete breakdown between people as to what behaviour indicates consent.
I have it on audible and it’s a really great listen/read and would recommend. Covers water boarding, suicide and how coupling affects it and why police shoot black people in traffic stops.
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