And this from a character, James, who, we are told, has himself been a profligately promiscuous man, sleeping with numerous women and men before finally deciding-at least until this revelation about Clare's adolescent antics-to settle down with Clare.Īnd so Clare, faced with the prospect of losing her fiance and being held up to public shame by all the people who care what she did when she was only 16, decides that the best course of action for her to take would be-what else?-to murder James and to frame Nora for the murder. Yes, this grown man is so shaken by the revelation of some stupid adolescent hi-jinks from a decade ago that he is going to dump his fiancee. However, one person does actually judge Clare harshly for her action: the even more ludicrously ridiculous James, who is on the verge of breaking off his engagement with Clare when he learns, a decade later, what Clare had done just as he and Clare are about to get married. What world does Clare live in where she thinks adults actually take seriously and hold grudges over stupid adolescent behavior that happened in the distant past? Yes, Clare is afraid that she will be judged and ridiculed now, at age 26 (like Nora), because when she was 16, she played a mean, nasty, adolescent trick on Nora and made Nora think that James had dumped her. Now, what's more ridiculous than a grown woman who cannot get over a break-up that happened a decade previously when she was an adolescent? How about her former best friend, Clare-who is now, rather conveniently, engaged to James, Nora's previous boyfriend, the one who broke her heart-fearing that people will hate her and be disgusted by her because when she, Clare, was 16, she basically caused the break-up between Nora and James by sending a break-up text to Nora from James's phone-unbeknownst to James-so that Nora would think that the text was really from James? A break-up that happened 10 years ago! Sheeesh! Because of a break-up with her teen-aged boyfriend. The break-up was brought on by her unexpected teen pregnancy (which she aborted), but Nora herself makes it clear that she was not upset so much by the pregnancy or the abortion: it was the break-up with James that has left her an emotional wreck as an adult, unable to form stable, long-term relationships. My god, but you would think the world all but ended when she broke up with her boyfriend, James, over ten years ago, and, yes,
Yes, 16! What kind of loser is so affected by an adolescent relationship that she or he allows it to poison all of her or his adult relationships? I'll tell you what kind of loser: the whiny, childish, immature, insipid Nora. She is a 26-year-old woman who is still haunted by and distraught over a break-up that happened when she was 16. To be fair, I didn't hate Nora so much as find myself repulsed by her. Earlier this year, I found Rachel, the protagonist of The Girl on the Train, to be annoying and very unlikable, but I didn't hate her. Ticket for matinée performance of Into the Dark Woods must be bought separately.I don't think I've disliked a protagonist as much as Nora, the main character in In a Dark, Dark Wood, in ages. Please Note: Admission to Touch Tour only. The description is delivered via an individual headset during the quieter moments of a performance and therefore only gives essential information that a blind or visually impaired person might miss. Audio Description for live performance is a live verbal commentary providing information on the visual elements of a production as it unfolds, from sets, props and costumes to actors’ facial expressions and movements across the stage. Ahead of this tour, Mo Harte will prepare programme notes to describe the set and costumes, which will be available to read and listen to via Blue Teapot’s social media channels from 2pm Friday 16th September.Īudio Description: Mo Harte will also be audio describing this performance. It is a tactile exploration of the geography of a theatre space, the stage, selected props, costumes and furniture”. Speaking about what patrons can expect, Mo Harte explained “ A Touch Tour is not only for visually impaired patrons but can also be beneficial for those who process differently. It enables those audiences a better theatre going experience and helps contextualise the stage and Charlene Kelly’s debut play, which is visually descriptive in written narrative. Touch Tours can be very beneficial to theatre patrons who are blind, visually impaired, on the autistic spectrum, non-verbal or have intellectual difficulties. Blue Teapot is delighted to have the audio describer Mo Harte facilitate a special Touch Tour of the forthcoming theatre premiere Into The Dark Woods on Saturday 17th September at 1.45pm and 2.15pm at Black Box Theatre Galway prior to the 3pm matinee.
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