Starting on the 12th of April, SIX DAYS by Frank Shouldice comes to The New Theatre
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Dublin Brigade’s 1st Battalion at the Four Courts was the last Volunteer garrison to lay down its arms in the Easter Rising. Having faced incredible odds all week the little-known battle for North King Street did not end when Padraig Pearse issued an order to surrender.
It was, for those who lived through it, an experience they would never forget.
Through Easter Week 106 years later The New Theatre presents SIX DAYS, a highly evocative re-imagining of those incredible events. Staged by Chambermade Productions using spoken word and original music it is based largely on the personal accounts of those who took part.
SIX DAYS will be performed by writer/director Frank Shouldice, whose grandfather and namesake was a sniper at the Jameson Malthouse in Smithfield. Those life-changing experiences were recounted in his book ‘Grandpa The Sniper (Liffey Press) which historian Diarmuid Ferriter described as “rich, evocative and vivid . . an absorbing family history.”
Frank will be accompanied by cellist Frieda Freytag whose signature pieces are composed especially for this performance. Soundscape design by Sean Higgins. SIX DAYS was a sell-out show at the 2019 Five Lamps Arts Festival and also ran in Belfast at Féile an Phobail. Following various postponements due to the Covid pandemic Easter Week 2022 at the New Theatre brings this unforgettable story back to life once again.
It was, for those who lived through it, an experience they would never forget.
1916 – 2016
“Centenaries are for relatives — proper recognition obviously too late for the men and women who made it all happen. Did we ever really thank them? Did we thank them enough?”
