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Th i r t yy e a r sl a t e r , I h a v eb e e ng i v e nt h eo p p o r t u n i t yt od i r e c t Co n o r Mc Ph e r s o n ’ s‘ Th eSe a f a r e r ’ f o r No ma d Th e a t r eNe t wo r ka n dDe c a d e n t Th e a t r e . Wh e nI fi r s t r e a dt h i sb r i l l i a n t l yc r a f t e dp l a y , I wa so n c ea g a i nfi l l e dwi t h t h a t c h i l d h o o dc a p t i v a t i o n . Th ep l a y , l i k emu c ho f Co n o r ’ swo r k , d r a wso nt h ewo r l do f t h es u p e r n a t u r a l a n do u r f a s c i n a t i o nwi t ht h i swo r l d . Th ec h a r a c t e r so f t h i sp l a ya r ei nt h e i r o wnp r i v a t eh u n t i n gl o d g e , ar u n d o wnh o u s ei n Ba l d o y l e , i t ’ sCh r i s t ma sEv e , t h e r e ’ sas t o r mo u t s i d ea n das t r a n g e r a r r i v e st op l a yc a r d s .
Wh i l eI a ms u r eCo n o r wa sf a mi l i a r wi t ht h es t o r yo f t h eHe l l F i r eCl u ba n dI a mi nn od o u b t i t p r o v i d e da ni n s p i r a t i o n f o r t h ep l a y , i t i sme r e l yt h eb e g i n n i n go f wh a t i sawo n d e r f u l e x a mi n a t i o no f ma n k i n d , h i sf a i l i n g sa n dh i st r i u mp h s . Th ep l a yi sr i c ho nma n yl e v e l s . I t i sawo n d e r f u l s t o r yo f o r d i n a r yme n , l a c e dwi t hwi t a n dh u mo u r .
Ye t t h e r ei sas a ds e n s eo f t h el o n e l i n e s sa n di s o l a t i o nt h a t e x i s t sf o r ma n yme n . Th e s eI r i s h me na r eo n eo f “ p u b c u l t u r e ” a n dCo n o r e x p o s e st h e i r l a d i s hb a n t e r a l o n g s i d et h e i r s e n s eo f f a i l u r ea t o p p o r t u n i t i e sl o s t , b u t mo s t o f a l l h ee x p l o r e st h ei d e ao f f o r g i v e n e s sa n dma n sa b i l i t yt of o r g i v e . Th i si ss o me t h i n gt h a t t h es t r a n g e r ( Mr L o c k h a r t ) c a n n e i t h e r d on o r c o mp r e h e n d .
Th ema k i n go f t h i sp r o d u c t i o nh a sb e e nawo n d e r f u l c o l l a b o r a t i v ee x p e r i e n c e . F r o mt h ei n i t i a l me e t i n g swi t hNo ma d , Ma r c e l l a , Ma r y , Mo n a , Se a n , El a i n ea n dAv e r y l h a v ewo r k e dt i r e l e s s l yt oe n s u r et h e i r a u d i e n c e sa r eg i v e nt h e o p p o r t u n i t yt os e et h e a t r et h a t i sb o t he n t e r t a i n i n ga n dc h a l l e n g i n g .
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