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The Non-Stop Connolly Show (parts 1 & 2)

Finborough Theatre, London (****)

© Tara Marricdale, Scott Lyons, Lucia McAnespie

© Tara Marricdale,
Scott Lyons, Lucia McAnespie

Well here’s a thing now, to gladden the heart and be amazed. Finborough’s Neil McPherson has taken on nothing less than the full Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden six-part epic relating to James Connolly, Republican, socialist and leader of the Easter Rising, executed by firing squad for his pains. Continue reading