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At Swim, Two Boys

"Set against the backdrop of the Easter Rising in Ireland, this tender and visually beautiful production coincides with the 10th anniversary of the novel of the same name by Jamie O'Neill.

Juxtaposing the developing love affair between two young men with political turmoil in Ireland and the slaughter on the Western Front, it contrasts the dream of national liberation and the search for personal freedom. Staged in a slowly filling lake in front of a waterfall, episodes from the book are woven together through a fusion of extreme physicality, original live music and film."

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