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FALLING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE @ JAMES JOYCE CENTRE
a telling of “The Dead” by James Joyce – framed in a personal memoir written and performed by DECLAN GORMAN
When and where
Date and time
Wed, 7 Jun 2023 19:30 - 21:00 IST
Location
James Joyce Centre 35 North Great George's Street D01 WK44 Dublin 1 Ireland
Refund Policy
About this event
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mobile eTicket
Acclaimed interpreter of Joyce’s early works, Declan Gorman will give a series of “intimate” club performances within Ireland , prior to the London premiere on Bloomsday. Catch the only Dublin city performance in the evocative surrounds of the James Joyce Centre - nerve centre of all things Joycean this Bloomsday season!
On January 6th 1982, a young Irish emigrant borrows an English language book from a library in Munich. He reads “Dubliners” over one evening, culminating with “The Dead”. The course of his life changes: slowly but irredeemably…. Forty years later, he walks onto a stage to recreate the night he discovered James Joyce’s miniature masterpiece and perform one of the greatest short stories ever written in the English language.
“The Dead is brought elegantly to life... Declan Gorman’s charming autobiographical play dramatises clearly how Joyce’s writing has embedded itself deeply in Irish culture. Gorman’s subtle performance reminds us clearly what a masterwork this story is.”
Irish Independent
“Just a chair, a coat stand and a copy of Dubliners... Joyce’s story allows Gorman to demonstrate his theatrical impulses, as well as his theatrical influences… keeps us engaged for 80 minutes.”
Irish Times
DIRECTED BY GERARD LEE