There are things I havent said. Things I want to say again. I need to think. I need more time. A sudden shock; and a mans life flashes before his eyes. He experiences an intense rush of extraordinary images and tangled memories; revelations and lost connections. People time and places swirl around him. As he valiantly attempts to stitch it all back together; will his luck hold out? The plays conceit follows a man who has suffered a stroke and then experiences a series of flashbacks. Trapped within his own head; the audience are taken with him through a whistlestop tour of his life and a series of vivid; often painful episodes from a childhood tragedy to a crumbling marriage. In a beguiling portrait of mortality and humanity; Freefall explores memory; family and loss.From the author of Dublin by Lamplight and Foley; Freefall reunites award-winning Irish playwright Michael West with The Corn Exchange: Dublins innovative theatre company who explore the boundaries and possibilities of theatre with their trademark style of Commedia dellArte.Freefall is a sharp; humorous and exhilarating look at the fragility of a human life; blending impressionistic beauty; poignancy and comedy.
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