critically acclaimed 'The Far Side'.
FREE EVENT on 13 November at 7.30pm at the actacentre, Gladstone Street,
Bedminster BS3 3AY.
Upstate Theatre present an intimate look at an Irish town through the memories
of seven local people, delivered with typical Irish humour, but not without its
poignant moments of genuine personal reflection.
acta are very excited to welcome our friends 'Upstate Theatre' all the way from
Drogheda in Ireland. This show is one of our favourites.
Tickets are FREE but please book your place by visiting www.acta-bristol.com or
calling 0117 9532448
To find out more about Upstate Theatre visit - http://upstate.ie/
More about the show -
The Far Side premiered in the Drogheda Arts Festival 2013 with a sell-out show
in the Droichead Arts Centre with a subsequent tour to the Light House Cinema
for an eight night run at Dublin Fringe Festival 2013. Critically acclaimed
(*****Irish Times), this show is an intimate look at an Irish town through the
memories of seven local people. The performance captures a diverse perspective
delivered with typical Irish humour, but is not without its poignant moments of
genuine personal reflection.
Contemporary art-making blends with local, personal and popular heritage in a
unique and unsentimental cocktail for the here and now. Under the guidance of
artist Feidlim Cannon (Brokentalkers), seven performers develop a contemporary,
living history exploring the social history of an Irish town through personal
recollections of growing up and living there.
While Upstate Theatre Project and The Far Side explore the universal truths and
preoccupations of our citizens, the result of this process gives audiences
something they too can contextualise. After all, every town has its far side.
Melding the performance of professional and citizen artists; fusing film and
live performance, The Far Side is contemporary both in form and content. The
production not only successfully blurs the lines between genres but also melds
the local and universal through the prism of favourite TV shows, cinema and
song, celebrating a peoples' history of themselves, and a town divided by a
river.
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