ANDY JORDAN PRODUCTIONS

Current Production  

LIES WHERE IT FALLS
Written & performed by Ruairi Conaghan

A life-affirming true tale of recovery performed with soul bearing honesty 

When Broadway, West End and Downton Abbey actor Ruairi Conaghan played the part of Patrick Magee - the IRA man who tried to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in the Brighton Bomb attack - it triggered memories of his uncle, Judge Rory Conaghan being murdered on his Belfast doorstep while holding his 9 year-old daughter's hand.

Years later, when performing in Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet, the true consequence of playing Magee took its toll. His physical-mental collapse nearly killed him. In Lies Where It Falls, Ruairi uses storytelling, song, poetry, humour, cinema and Shakespeare to tell his courageous, joyous, uplifting tale of recovery with raw, truthful and soul-bearing honesty.

If we can find empathy, there is always hope.

'Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Highlight' The List.

'An extraordinary solo performance... A compelling, moving exploration of grief, trauma, and the long shadows cast by violence' ***** Fringe Review

'An honest, important representation of the healing power of theatre, when processing traumas both cultural and personal' **** Three Weeks

One of Belfast Telegraph's Top Ten Cultural Events of 2023

One of the British Theatre Guide's Top Choices for 2023

26 November - 21 December 2024

Finborough Theatre London SW10 9ED

More information and tickets www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk
Box Office 020 7244 7439

Andy Jordan Productions is an independent production company committed to producing high quality new theatre - plays, musicals and comedy, usually by new writers, in all forms and styles.  We also produce audio drama (Andy Jordan's radio drama work is internationally recognised and has received many awards) and online drama.

Find out about our past productions here

Contacts:
Producer Andy Jordan   andy@andyjordanproductions.co.uk
General Manager Chris Corner chris@andyjordanproductions.co.uk