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Nöel Greig play At Break of Day at the ISL - |
| Posted by Karl Pierce on Nov 16 2011 |
ISL production in February … Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th in the ISL auditorium at 7.30. Tickets 5 euro or 3 for students and children, available on the door.
At Break of Day is the story of two soldiers who make an epic journey home after a long war, encountering many different people on the way. Events become more and more dream like, indeed nightmarish, taking them not just along the road home but through a whole century and its conflicts. Along the way they quarrel, make up, quote Shakespeare, fight, comfort each other, joke, escape from prison, and betray each other. One of them records his thoughts in a notebook.
Interwoven with the story of the soldiers is that of a young woman who has made her own journey to a distant land to discover what happened to her great-grandfather. He disappeared after a long distant war and she searches for clues in the battered notebook that once belonged to him.
The play presents a universe where time and place shift alarmingly and which is haunted by the echoes of great disasters and great hopes, great poetry and great sorrow.
Nöel Greig, playwright, teacher and inspiration was a long-time friend of theatre in Luxembourg. He was a frequent tutor at the New World Theatre Club Summer School. In 2002 Nöel directed Camino Real for the club and in that year he came to ISL and gave Drama workshops to the students.
He described this play as ‘suitable for work with young people aged fifteen and above.’ However, the piece does not patronise young actors.
Its subject matter is often hard. Its themes and emotions are challenging and the cast are enjoying and appreciating the journey through the rehearsals.Last changed: Nov 16 2011 at 11:05 PM
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