Touched By Fire

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Touched By Fire

Written and directed by Ciaran McConville

C Central,

Edinburgh Fringe 2003

Performed by Luanna Priestman, Daniel Weyman, Ben Smith and Lorna Doyle

"I am the empty space. Your joy. Your grief.

I am the last thing you will ever see before you hit the ground."

The siege of a hijacked theatre ends in disaster. On the other side of the city, a mental hospital receives three new patients: a woman haunted by her husband; a man obsessed by time; and a stranger who claims to be Death. They and their nurse are unwittingly and inextricably bound together by the terrible events at the theatre.

Funny, irreverent and moving, 'Touched by Fire' premiered at the Broadway Theatre, Lewisham, before touring to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2003.

Reviews

'Inspired by events such as the Moscow Theatre Siege, writer Ciaran McConville has come up with an intriguing response via a mental institution.. Stranger-in-asylum has become a well-trodden sub-genre but McConville veers into unexpected territory. A confident storyteller, he interweaves stories to show the chaos of a well-heeled society that reflects the insanity of the asylum.. The cast works hard and each shines equally, doubling parts with skill. Unusually for the fringe, McConville directs his own work with objectivity to create a neat political parable with gentle humour that prevents things from stumbling over their own importance.' (The Stage)


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