Book description
There are things I haven't said. Things I want to say again. I need to
think. I need more time. A sudden shock, and a man's 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 play's 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: Dublin's innovative theatre company who explore the
boundaries and possibilities of theatre with their trademark style of
Commedia dell'Arte. Freefall is a sharp, humorous and exhilarating look
at the fragility of a human life, blending impressionistic beauty,
poignancy and comedy. Michael West has worked on a number of
collaborations with the Dublin-based Corn Exchange Theatre Company in
the past, including Dublin by Lamplight, Foley and A Play on Two Chairs.
He has written numerous tra nslations that have been produced, including
Death and the Ploughman (Gate Theatre, London), The Seagull, The
Marriage of Figaro (Abbey Theatre) and Tartuffe (Gate Theatre, Dublin).
