Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Four Rivers presents a staged reading of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Read by Andrew Bennett, accompanied with original music by Eleanor McEvoy and directed by Ben Barnes, Small Things Like These is a Booker Prize nominated novel set in 1985 in a Co. Wexford town. On its publication it became an instant classic and it is one of the most widely read of Irish novels in recent years.
During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him- and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
An unforgettable and beautifully written story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is described by The Guardian as sharing “its properties with the very best of her stories”.
Performance dates:
Wexford Arts Centre: December 14|15|16
St Michael’s Theatre, New Ross: December 17
The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire: December 19
The Mermaid, Bray: December 20.
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Four Rivers is a theatre company for the South East of Ireland. It has been established to bring new and classic plays to audiences in the region and to give voice to the creative communities of Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Carlow. The company is led by Wexford native, Ben Barnes who is a former artistic director of the Abbey Theatre.
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