Advert8 years ago
County Limerick Youth Theatre present The Rescue this May
County Limerick Youth Theatre present The Rescue, with partners the Knocklong Development Association. The performace is to run from Friday, May 13, to Sunday, May 15. The Rescue will form part of the Knocklong History Weekend which commemorates the famous rescue of Tipperary Volunteer Seán Hogan from police custody at Knocklong railway station on May 13, 1919. A dramatization of Hogan’s life up until his release at Knocklong, The Rescue is a Participative Arts piece featuring a cast of over 50 characters. Performances will take place in the disused creamery which has been transformed to recreate the Knocklong of 1919. Attendees will find themselves immersed in 1919 as they follow the performance through the site which now features a farmhouse, a priest’s house, a butcher shop, apaddock, a pub and grocery, a stable, a cottage, a school house, a church and the train station. Attendees will also be afforded the chance to participate in the ‘Dance’ a recreation of the dance Hogan attended the night before he was captured. The scene will feature set dancing and traditional music facilitated by Pat O’Dea and tea and cake will be served by the local crochet club ladies. ...
