LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY
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April 24 - May 25, 2014
written by Billy Roche directed by Kevin Christopher Fox Set in rural Ireland in 1962, LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY takes us into the burlesque world of boxing, dipping into the shadowy, ropey avenues of the ring to meet Theo, the jealous, violent and charasmatic ringmaster, Lily, his lover; Peado, Theo's old, tired, and not so trusted sidekick, the vain and boastful boxer Dean; The limping, Adonis-like fighter Junior; and Emer, Theo's long lost daughter, whose arrival threatens the already unsteady equilibrium of this travelling roadshow.
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Excellent... Goes the distance. The show works its charms slowly but surely. Fox's direction and the nimble cast tease out a warm, bittersweet |
Seanachai has wrought their minor heroism with a calm sense of assuredness." |
A cast that’s comedic and melancholic in equal measure charms and invites you to care. LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY saves it for the right reason at the right moment." |
