Connie
Theatre Royal, Limerick
★★★☆☆
In the dilapidated grandeur of Limerick’s long-abandoned Theatre Royal, Connie resurrects one of the city’s own. Written and created by Ann Blake and Joanne Ryan, this immersive, site-specific production staged by Lime Tree Theatre reimagines the extraordinarily novelistic and tragic life of the actor Constance Smith. Combining archival footage and music, and featuring Pom Boyd as the local who became a Hollywood star, it is cleverly staged and highly entertaining.
The setting is perfectly suited: the cavernous old
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