Lay me down softly at The Tricycle Theatre
Non CICS Event but a great piece of theatre
Coming up at The Tricycle Theatre 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR | Charity No. 276892
LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY
By Billy Roche
11 July – 6 August
with a cast of Gary Lydon, Michael O’Hagan, Pagan McGrath, SImone Kirby, Anthony Morris, Dermot Murphy
Roll-up, roll-up, and enter the shady world of Delaney’s Travelling Roadshow…
Step inside the boxing ring… smell it, sense it, feel it. And somewhere between the fights and the fortune tellers, the bookies and the bloodshed, rub shoulders with its wayward wards.
Set in rural Ireland in the early 60s, Lay Me Down Softly takes us inside the darkly comic and colourful world of the old travelling carnival. When young runaway Emer arrives in search of her long lost father, and a challenge from a professional boxer is thrown into the ring, everything in this run-down sideshow is set to change forever.
Inhabiting a forgotten world that is nonetheless brimming with all too-familiar passions and human foibles, Lay Me Down Softly is a slice of vintage Roche. It follows his acclaimed productions The Wexford Trilogy and The Cavalcaders and other much-loved tales of small-town Ireland.
EARLY BIRD TICKETS: £10
Box Office: 020 7328 1000
‘Wry, humane, questing, elegiac – unmissable’ The Times
‘Of epic significance’ The Irish Times
‘A Quiet Gem.. Superb ensemble performances.. beautiful writing and box clever directing… a joy to watch’ The View RTE 1