Photo credit: Liadh Connolly
Sole Flower, Spidered Soul by Féilim James will be performed in The New Theatre, Dublin this month. The play centres on Lucia Joyce, the one-time promising dancer who was confined to mental institutions for 46 years, and her turbulent relationship with her writer father James.
Having premiered in October 2023 as part of the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (produced by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality), the play is now returning as a co-production between The New Theatre and Smashing Times. Sole Flower, Spidered Soul will be performed six times from 11–15 June, 2024, in The New Theatre, Temple Bar. To book, please click here.
Performance times and dates
- 19:30, 11 June, 2024. The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
- 19:30, 12 June, 2024. The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
- 19:30, 13 June, 2024. The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
- 19:30, 14 June, 2024. The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
- 14:30, 15 June, 2024. The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Blurb
Lucia Joyce and her father James are roused from death by an eloquent clown. The duo’s joyful reunion soon gives way to old quarrels, as they debate the reasons why Lucia spent nearly half a century in psychiatric hospitals.
Clown, who holds the power to alter the past, presents James with a dilemma. Will he erase his own literary legacy to afford Lucia a second chance in life, or will he keep things as they were?
Sole Flower, Spidered Soul is a funny and moving play that pits personal ambition against familial love, all the while challenging prevailing notions about its protagonists: Lucia as the mad daughter, and James as the genius father who did all he could to save her.
Playwright: Féilim James
Director: Patrick Joseph Byrnes
Cast: Fiona Bawn-Thompson, Daniel Mahon, and Michael McCabe
Stage Management: Eva Walsh
LX Consultation: Cathy O’Carroll
Set Consultation: Martin Cahill
11–15 June 2024, The New Theatre, Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
This is a co-production by The New Theatre and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality for Bloomsday Festival, presented as part of Theatre in Palm’s Theatre Roadshow.
Credit for image below: EM Creative
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