A credit crunch has hit Medieval Italy, but young Lanciatore, barely surviving as a street juggler, has the plan to steer him and his young family out of the red and well into the black.
All he has to do is borrow money from a loan shark, buy his way into a card game, and win enough to repay the shark and have enough left over to live the good life.
A cast of money lenders, priests, prostitutes, gambling vagabonds and burly bailiffs see Lanciatore through his journey from rags to... where?
Hot on the heels of The Septic Tiger and The Christening, Rawlife Theatre Co. presents a comedic spectacle of movement, rhythm, and music directed by John Paul McSharry & Patrick J. O’Reilly and designed by Niall Rea. Allow yourself to experience up close and personal the lengths some people will go to pull themselves out of dire straits.
Written by: Paul Kennedy
Directed by: John Paul McSharry & Patrick O’Reilly
Set Design by: Niall Rea
Lighting Designed by: James C McFetridge
Sound Designer: Rui Chave
Stage Manager: Jacqueline O'Hagan
Deputy Stage Manager: Sophie Duffin
Assistant Stage Manager: Marie Kane
Costume Supervisor: Judy Kay
Reviews
“Last year’s Sceptic Tiger is a hard act to follow, but maybe, just maybe, Lanciatore can cage the tiger and see Rawlife step forward and deliver once again.
The stage setting and the use of props shows co-directors John Paul McSharry and Patrick J O’Reilly really know how to make use of this intimate little venue.
Overall, a grand night out. Well written, directed and superbly acted, this is a little treasure up a little alley in Belfast and I thoroughly recommend you go and see it.”
“Perhaps the really great achievement of this show, however, is how the elements fit so beautifully together. Everything is of a piece, the script with its Italian setting, the Commedia dell’Arte stylings, the clever set comprising circus vaulting boxes and ramps, the wonderful costumes, and indeed the inspired choice of venue. The Belfast Circus School is the perfect place to stage this play, with its circus juggler narrative, and its visual references to that tradition. The directors and designer deserve special credit for creating a conceptually-unified piece of theatre. All the elements work to the same ends, and the whole is so much more than the sum of the parts.”
