{"id":618,"date":"2018-08-27T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/?p=618"},"modified":"2018-08-27T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:17:26","slug":"acclaimed-play-heads-from-edinburgh-international-festival-direct-to-moniaive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed Play Heads from Edinburgh International Festival Direct to Moniaive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh from the Edinburgh International Festival the critically acclaimed play The End of Eddy<\/em>is heading direct to Moniaive.<\/p>\n

Produced by Scotland-based Untitled Projects and The Unicorn Theatre, London, it has enjoyed a sold out run in Edinburgh and earned a string of \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 reviews.<\/p>\n

The play is based on writer \u00c9duoard Louis\u2019 internationally acclaimed book about his life growing up in a poor, working class village in northern France and of being relentlessly bullied and shamed for being different and gay.<\/p>\n

For one night only, on Tuesday 4 September, the play will be performed at Moniaive\u2019s Glencairn Memorial Institute. There will be a pre-theatre buffet supper beforehand at the nearby Craigdarroch Arms Hotel from 6.30pm.<\/p>\n

Tim O\u2019Sullivan, who runs the Craigdarroch Arms and who is presenting the performance, said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s tremendous that a production which has been so well received at one of the most prestigious festivals in the world should be coming straight here to Moniaive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very much looking forward to hosting a piece of work that has earned such critical acclaim and been enjoyed so much by audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eddy is played by two actors and there are four TV screens showing recorded video of the parents and brother (also performed by the two actors).<\/p>\n

The play explores the experiences that formed \u00c9duoard, his eventual escape to another life, and the class, sexuality and power structures that affected him, his village and, to some extent affect all of us. It is contemporary, frank, vivid, funny.<\/p>\n

Sarah Jane Murray, the play\u2019s producer, said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLouis has given voice to an experience at theintersection of class, gender and sexuality, which is absolutely of today. This feels like the right time to be making public space in the UK for his story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The End of Eddy<\/em>contains strong language and explicit sexual references so the age guide is recommended as 16+.<\/p>\n

Critics\u2019 comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00a0‘groundbreaking adaptation’ The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00a0‘challenging, unconventional, and highly distinctive’ The Arts Desk<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00a0\u2018\u2026the richness of the detail with which it is told offers some unforgettable insights, making us feel as if we have spent an hour or so walking the streets of\u00a0 Eddy\u2019s village, and have come to a much deeper understanding of the forces that shape its people, and their changing politics.\u2019\u00a0The Scotsman<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n