How the Irish experience (un)resonates with Ukrainian drama

 

 

The play “The Ferryman” combines family drama and political thriller! exploring the choice between the past and the future through Irish historical wounds.

If you raise your head a little while passing by the Lesya Ukrainka National How the Irish  Theater! you can see a poster that attracts attention: “The Ferryman” is an 18+ performance that will not leave anyone indifferent. This is a production with Irish roots! an English eye! and! most importantly! Ukrainian empathy.

The premiere of “The Ferryman” – a play that flew from the London stage straight to Broadway! and is now stirring up Kyiv. To give you a brief spoiler! it’s an epic mix of family drama! political thriller and emotions – with a live baby on stage.

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The main intrigue? Stanislav Boklan himself returned to the stage. But first things first.

The action takes place in rural Ireland! where former IRA automate and personalize your content fighter Quinn Carney (the incredible Oleksandr Kobzar) is trying to put his turbulent past behind him. For those who have forgotten! the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a paramilitary movement that wrote itself into the history of the 20th century! fighting for the independence of Ireland. It all began in 1917! when the IRA became the driving force of the War of Independence.

After the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921! Ireland gained independence! but not full – Northern Ireland remained under the rule of Great Britain.

The IRA did not stop fighting

terrorist attacks! urban guerrilla warfare! many victims and a long war for the unification of the island – all this became the basis for the period known as the Troubles. And it is these historical wounds that lie at asb directory the heart of Jez Butterworth’s play The Ferryman! about an Englishman who is momentarily detached from his wife’s real-life story. It was her uncle who was killed by the IRA in January 1981.

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