{"id":1178,"date":"2017-09-16T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2017-09-16T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T11:20:52","slug":"the-ferryman-gielgud-theatre-london-14-09-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"The Ferryman, Gielgud Theatre, London 14.09.2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ferryman\"<\/a>What I thought was going to be a week off from Theatre land, turned out to be quite the opposite! With a lovely invite to join Sarah from Musical Theatre Musings<\/a><\/strong>, I was off to central London to the Gielgud Theatre for the night viewing of play The Ferryman.<\/em><\/p>\n

This would be the first time that I have visited the Gielgud Theatre, one of the many theatre’s on Shaftesbury Avenue. Similar to that of the Apollo, and Lyric theatre,\u00a0it was very intimate, we took our seats Row\u00a0L seats 4 and 5 within the stalls. Even with being towards the end of the row, I was pleasantly surprised at how good our view was with no restrictions at all. Faces were visible at all times, feeling close to the action, I would recommend these seats to anyone and for myself!<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland\u00a01981, in the heart of the IRA and Hunger strikes, The Ferryman<\/em> focuses on the Carney’s in the middle of their harvest on their well run farm. The whole play is set in the Carney’s family Kitchen with children, parents, aunts and uncles and the occasional friend and animals running through. But in amongst this busy room a past has\u00a0risen with Quinn’s long lost brother, and Caitlin’s\u00a0husband body is discovered. This discovery unlocks the secrets of the past, with many hidden stories within the family, \"Ferryman<\/a>keeping the audience at the edge of their seat.<\/p>\n

Every emotion is displayed within this play, that is shared directly with the audience. With brilliant comic moments, balanced well with the intimate, knowledge of loss within the Carney family on the discovery of Seamus. It all blended well together keeping the audience drawn in, awaiting to see what will happen next. For a 3 acts, 3 hour play you would feel that it could be too long, but The Ferryman\u00a0<\/em>and director Sam Mendes carries it well, you just wanted to keep watching! Along with this their is a full cast of around\u00a020,\u00a0ranging from a\u00a0baby to a 90 year old and even\u00a0including a goose and a rabbit and all of whom work well together, each known their role, relationships with the family\u00a0within the play and their purpose.\u00a0\u00a0Their is no weaknesses within the cast at any point.<\/p>\n

I would usually display the cast list, but as there is a fair few, for this blog I may need to turn you to the plays website for the cast list<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ferryman<\/a>Paddy Considine,\u00a0carries the story well\u00a0as Quinn Carney, a father, husband, head of the household,\u00a0you wouldn’t have believed this was his\u00a0debut to the west end stage. He\u00a0displayed every emotion brilliantly, being completely controlled and at times completely disturbed within the secrets that he holds. \u00a0His two relationships with his wife Mary played by Genevieve O’Reilly, and Sister in law Caitlin, Laura Donnelly are clearly displayed that\u00a0enables the audience to clearly\"Ferryman<\/a> know as to which his heart belongs to.\u00a0Laura Donnelly emotion as the widow left behind was\u00a0beautiful to watch, she\u00a0clearly understood and portrayed the role with ease, having the audience sympathise and yet question her at times. Genevieive the mother and wife also displayed her emotions clearly, enabling\u00a0us\u00a0to\u00a0understand her actions and thoughts towards\u00a0her husband to whom she loves dearly. The three had a storyline within the play, that I thoroughly enjoyed viewing.<\/p>\n

\"Ferryman<\/a>The three shall we say older members of the cast each had their own characters as the Aunts and Uncles of the family, Brid Brennan, Des McAleer, and Dearbhla Molloy were a highlight too of the evening. With brilliant moments of sibling rivalry, especially between Aunt Patricia and Uncle Patrick, but also love and affection for each other that you know if anything were to happen they would be by each others side. That also being said with the young talented cast of Quinn and Mary’s many children, each having a little bicker but\"Ferryman<\/a> also the love is displayed within them towards their big family.<\/p>\n

It was hart to put a fault\u00a0to this play, the direction, the\u00a0set,\u00a0performers, animals, not one. I was so happy that I managed to see it, having\u00a0heard very good things about it and now understand why.\u00a0It is one that defiantly stays with you, with its many stories that displays history, love, and loss all within a kitchen and a huge cast. The Ferryman <\/em>completely achieves what it has set out to do to its many audiences whom I am sure will agree.<\/p>\n

The Ferryman <\/em>is playing at the Gieguld Theatre until 7th October, for ticket information go to the website here.<\/strong><\/a> Try and catch it before to goes, you wont be disappointed.<\/p>\n

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