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Once Upon a Bridge www.druid.ie; Feb 11 – 13
‘I really believe in theatre being visceral. If you’re analysing it before you’re feeling it, then it’s not quite right,” says director Sara Joyce. She is on lunch break during the final week of rehearsals for
Once Upon a Bridge, Sonya Kelly’s new play for Druid which will be live-streamed for four performances over three days from the Mick Lally Theatre in Galway, beginning next Thursday.
This rehearsal process is hugely different from the norm as the company has to comply with Covid-19 guidelines. Joyce, the three actors, an assistant director and a stage manager are in the rehearsal room, all masked. The cast wear masks until they are in their spots. Everyone is at least two metres apart.
Updated / Thursday, 11 Feb 2021
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Playwright Sonya Kelly (Pic: Ros Kavanagh)
Playwright Sonya Kelly writes for Culture about the real-life inspiration behind her new work Once Upon a Bridge, which will premiere in a live-streamed production from The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, this February 11th - 13th.
I don t recall where I was, or what I was doing when I read the story, but it went something like this…
On the morning of the 5th of May 2017, a jogger ran past a woman on Putney Bridge in London, pushing her out of his way and into the path of an oncoming bus. He blithely ran on and never looked back. If the driver hadn’t swerved to avoid her, she would have been killed instantly.