Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co.Kildare

Following on from the success of showing 3 Beckett shorts last year, this year we decided to bring you 3 NEW short plays that look at human destiny in terms of poignancy, compassion and the necessity of dignity in facing the inevitable. A strong streak of Beckett humour is present in the conversational exchanges. 1) Rough for Theatre 2: 2 observers who may or not be officials discuss a man contemplating suicide. 2) That Time: An Irish labourer after years in Britain looks back on his earlier life and his disappointing career before he dies. 3) Rockaby: An old woman,sick of life, rocks herself into the next life read more