Tales of Ballycumber

eoin1981 · 02-10-2009, 08:07

Did anyone see this yet. I saw it last night. It was extremely average. Maybe there's just teething problems as the actors get to know it. However it just didn't seem to work and I don't think the material the best to begin with.

Dingo · 06-10-2009, 10:48

Saw it last night, and thought it was wonderful - moving, poetic, rooted in a particular place but with universal resonance, full of stories told in rich, heightened language.

The actors, particularly Aaron Monaghan and Liam Carney, were superb.

Colm Byrne has a review here

Lame Lantern · 10-10-2009, 18:48

Saw the matinee today. Rea didn't seem to be particularly comfortable in the first two acts but was very adept in the latter ones.

While I liked Barry's dialogue, the narrative could've done with a little tuning. It's perhaps a little too subtle and the principle characters could have been made a little more explicable than they were. The Abbey's production value and the direction were, as usual, of an extremely high standard. Worth a look, certainly, and it definitely generated some fine barstool criticism this afternoon.

acermaple · 18-10-2009, 10:47

Like the first poster didn't find this a great play, mind you much as I tried didn't enjoy The Pride of parnell St last year or the one in the Gate a few years ago Our Lady of Sligo(??). I'm beginning to think he is overrated, Loved the secret scripture though.

goldilocks77 · 29-10-2009, 17:07

Saw it two weeks ago - my first trip to the Abbey so I was looking forward to it. Didn't know Aaron Monaghan was in it, thought he was very good as was Liam Carney. Stephen Rea makes it look so easy... I didn't think the play itself was great, but I really loved the set design.

02-10-2009, 08:07	#1
eoin1981 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: dublin Posts: 56 Adverts \| Friends	Tales of Ballycumber Did anyone see this yet. I saw it last night. It was extremely average. Maybe there's just teething problems as the actors get to know it. However it just didn't seem to work and I don't think the material the best to begin with.

06-10-2009, 10:48	#2
Dingo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 5 Adverts \| Friends	Tales of Ballycumber Saw it last night, and thought it was wonderful - moving, poetic, rooted in a particular place but with universal resonance, full of stories told in rich, heightened language. The actors, particularly Aaron Monaghan and Liam Carney, were superb. Colm Byrne has a review here

29-10-2009, 17:07	#5
goldilocks77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: West of Ireland Posts: 31 Adverts \| Friends	Tales of Ballycumber Saw it two weeks ago - my first trip to the Abbey so I was looking forward to it. Didn't know Aaron Monaghan was in it, thought he was very good as was Liam Carney. Stephen Rea makes it look so easy... I didn't think the play itself was great, but I really loved the set design.

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10-10-2009, 18:48	#3
Lame Lantern Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 152 Adverts \| Friends	Saw the matinee today. Rea didn't seem to be particularly comfortable in the first two acts but was very adept in the latter ones. While I liked Barry's dialogue, the narrative could've done with a little tuning. It's perhaps a little too subtle and the principle characters could have been made a little more explicable than they were. The Abbey's production value and the direction were, as usual, of an extremely high standard. Worth a look, certainly, and it definitely generated some fine barstool criticism this afternoon.

18-10-2009, 10:47	#4
acermaple Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 40 Adverts \| Friends	Like the first poster didn't find this a great play, mind you much as I tried didn't enjoy The Pride of parnell St last year or the one in the Gate a few years ago Our Lady of Sligo(??). I'm beginning to think he is overrated, Loved the secret scripture though.