Fishamble The New Play Company’s
production of; “On Blueberry Hill” at The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire,
County Dublin
On 5th
October last I had a very entertaining, engaging and uplifting theatre
experience at Fishamble The New Play
Company’s production of “On
Blueberry Hill” at The Pavilion
Theatre, Dun Laoghaire in County Dublin
This is a very entertaining, thought provoking and
uplifting Production of
Sebastian Barry’s new play ‘On Blueberry Hill’ The pitiful and desperate characters of mutually dependent Christy and PJ are superbly performed by Nial Buggy and David Ganly. The
near minimal stage setting of isolated prison cell bunk beds is designed by
Scenographer Sabine Dargent.
Photo curtsey Fishamble,
The tight lighting
designed by Mark Galione isolates the characters and performance space in the
initial phases of the production. As the story reveals itself and the
relationship between the characters unfolds, the lighting changes to include
both characters simultaneously and gives poignancy to the subliminal background
festooned with unanswered letters. This lighting change moves in tandem with
the change in tempo of performance culminating in the closing, unbounded scene
of unbridled forgiveness, joy and celebration of unfettered love of the human spirit.
Thus undermining the earlier bleak murderous intimacy, the isolation and the claustrophobia
of a two souls trapped in a prison cell.
Set designed by scenographer Sabine Dargent. The production is directed
by Jim Culleton, Set and Costumes Designed by Sabine Dargent,
Lighting Design by Mark Galione, Sound
Design Denis Clohessy,
Sabine Dargent: http://www.sabinedargent.com/
Mark Galione: http://markgalione.ie/
Denis Clohessy: https://www.denisclohessy.com/
Pavilion
Theatre: http://www.paviliontheatre.ie/
Sebastian Barry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry
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