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A sudden shock, and a man’s life flashes before his eyes. In an intense rush of extraordinary images and tangled memories, he attempts to reconnect the events that have shaped him.
The Corn Exchange make their Abbey main stage debut with this humorous and compassionate study of an ordinary life.
Freefall was a hit in its premiere run in the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2009 and went on to win Best Director and Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards.
‘Comically surreal and poignant… a courageous and innovative piece’
Irish Independent
‘A sophisticated idea that becomes fully embodied through the warmth and poignancy of the writing, and through the humanity of the performers. Freefall might just mark the day when Irish writing grew up.’
Herald HQ
The Corn Exchange is funded by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council and supported internationally by Culture Ireland
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Assisted Performance details
Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 2 December
Audio described and captioned performance: Saturday 4 December, 2pm
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Matinee Club date: Saturday 4 December
Booking Details
On the Abbey stage
Wednesday 24 November – Saturday 4 December
Previews Tuesday 23 November
Monday – Saturday evening 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm
Tickets: €13 – €38
Duration: 100 minutes
REVIEWS: WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
See all reviews‘With the return of the Corn Exchange’s magnificent Freefall, a show that has increased in poetry and poignancy in the year since its debut, its audience will chance deeper interpretations still.’
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REVIEWS: WHAT YOU SAID
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I felt it renewed my faith in an important purpose of theatre to link its audience with itself, the others in the audience and the wider community in an embrace of empathy that is sustainable by the images created in our imaginations. What a gift to have such writers directors and performers in Ireland.The 100 or so students who attended tonight were deeply engaged.
Colmevent, St.Patricks College,Drama 2 Dec 2010, 11:34
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‘Freefall’ - I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like that. The closest description I can come up with is that the actors pulled me out of the reality, lifted high up above usual level of sensibility into some parallel dimension where words like ‘emotions’, ‘feeling moved’, ‘sensitivity’ acquire a new meaning.
Superb acting, unbelievably good set design, lights, sound and music, every single detail carefully worked out. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant performance!
It left me speechless for good half an hour. I believe I’m a different person that I was this morning.
Thank you very much.
Rafal M. Mierzwiakevent, Dublin 26 Nov 2010, 00:06
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