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15 December 2011
Earthfall’s award winning 2005 production of At Swim Two Boys, based on the novel of the same name by Jamie O’Neill, is being revived for spring 2012, following a sell out autumn tour this year.
Created by Jim Ennis and Jessica Cohen, featuring two male dancers and two musicians, the story unfolds against a cascading wall of water that slowly fills the stage. Tender and visually beautiful the production reflects the boys developing love against the turmoil of political revolution during the 1916 Easter Risings.
The tour coincides with the 10th anniversary of the publication of Jamie O’Neill’s acclaimed novel, starting at London’s Riverside Studios on 7th February for a three week run.
Set in Ireland in 1916, the work juxtaposes the developing love affair between two young men coming of age, with political turmoil in Ireland and the slaughter on the Western Front – contrasting the dream of national liberation and the search for personal freedom. The production comes to life in a slowly filling lake in front of a wall of water, with episodes from the book woven together through a fusion of extreme physicality, original live music and film.
Jessica Cohen, co-artistic director commented, “Even though the original production finished touring the UK and mainland Europe in 2007, we get regular emails from fans and venues about a possible revival of this production.”
“It made the theatre catch fire – epic”, Mail on Sunday
Violence, tenderness, passion and humour collide in this super, charged performance” ,The Times
Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London W6 9RL
7th – 25th February (no performances Sunday/Monday), 7:30 pm
020 8237 1111
£15 / £12
Peninsular Arts, Plymouth University
2nd March, 7:30 pm
01752 58 50 50
£8 & £5 Concessions
Chapter, Cardiff
6th – 10th March, 8:00 pm
029 2030 4400
£12 & £10
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
12th & 13th March, 7:30 pm
01970 62 32 32
£11.50 and £10.50 concession
Lowry, Salford
20th & 21st March, 7:00 pm
0843 208 6000
£14, £12, £10
Galeri, Caernarfon
23rd March, 7:30 pm
01286 685 222
tbc
Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
27th & 28th March, 8:00 pm
01522 873894
£12 & £10 Concessions & £8 Students
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
17th & 18th April, 7:30 pm
023 8067 1771
£16 - £10
Newport Riverfront
25th & 26th April, 7:30 pm
01633 656757
£12 / £10 / £10 / £8
Side Seats - £7.50
Students £6
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