A sudden shock, and a man’s life flashes before his eyes. In an intense rush of extraordinary images and tangled memories, he attempts to reconnect the events that have shaped him.
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From the creative team behind Dublin by Lamplight (Winner Best Ensemble, Stage Awards 2005), The Corn Exchange return to Traverse with this humorous and compassionate study of an ordinary life.
Freefall was a hit in its premiere run in the Dublin Theatre Festival 2009 and went on to win Best Director and Best New Play at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.
Moved many in the audience to tears.
A breathtaking piece of theatre
With just a bit more effort this could be a truly great work.
The piece never descends into tedium or cliche and the climax leaves the audience riveted.
Taken together, the fragments amount to a beautiful, sustained act of ensemble wondering at the peculiar business of being alive.
Freefall captures mood of bewilderment moments before death
Freefall--A drama out of a crisis
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Thursday August 5, 2010, until Sunday August 29, 2010. Check the Traverse website for times and prices.. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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