THE SETTLING BY GAVIN MCENTEE

BrokenCrow in association with The Everyman and Cork Midsummer Festival present
The Settling by Gavin McEntee

SAT 17–THU 22 JUN
Preview SAT 17 JUN
Live at The Granary

BrokenCrow bring The Settling by Gavin McEntee to The Granary as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.

Fantasy and reality blend in this new play about an old man caught in the recesses of his mind, as actions long buried climb to the surface.

In the silence he hears soft footsteps. A girl stands in his doorway. A sneeze, a sigh, and…“Tell me a story”. In a collapsed cottage Old Man and Little Girl spend their days eating tinned pears, telling stories and digging holes. Old Man is reckoning with his past. His daily functioning relies on the companionship of the mysterious child, but their fragile co-existence is fractured when the weight of his past comes to bear. Exploring the personal and mental consequences of complicity, enter Old Man and Little Girl’s world between reality and imagination – and see what happens when we must finally bear the weight of our actions.

BrokenCrow is a collective of six theatre artists – writers, actors, designers and directors – based in Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny, who work together to create high quality original work. Since inception, they have staged fifteen productions including previous works for Cork Midsummer Festival, Dark Kingdom and Blackwater Babble. The Settling is one of two productions from BrokenCrow in this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival programme, alongside Found by Aideen Wylde.

CAST

Raymond Keane, Katie Honan and George Hanover

CREATIVE TEAM

Written by Gavin McEntee
Director and Set Designer Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer Sarah Jane Shiels
Sound Designer Kevin Terry
Costume Designer Jessica Healy-Rettig
Movement Director Eddie Kaye
Set Design Assistant Raffaele Muraca
Stage Manager Aoife Byrne
Production Manager Anthony Hanley
Producer Fin Flynn

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