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From: Ciaran Taylor <whitecaneaudiotheatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15 September 2021 at 16:41:56 GMT+1
To: Ciaran Taylor <carpettheatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: Invitation 'Ballymuck Exchange -a telephone comedy' in person
Culture Night, Civic Theatre 6pm and 7:30pm, Sightless Cinema

INVITATION: Book Your Free Tickets Here On This Link or or by Phone at Civic
Theatre: 01 462 7477
If you require guiding from Tallaght Luas stop contact Sandra at Civic on 085
734 7980 to arrange someone to help. If you ring when you pass Belgard stop
someone can meet you off the Luas.
Sightless Cinema
Presents
Ballymuck Exchange
-a telephone comedy.
<Sightless Cinema 2018 Photo 4 by Ciarán Taylor (Michael Lavin, Berie Kenny,
Jimmy Grant, Martin Kelly pictured) small copy.jpeg>
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Culture Night, Friday 17 September at 6:00pm and 7:30pm
Tickets Free.
Booking Link Here or by Phone at Civic Theatre: 01 462 7477
By Ciarán Taylor with White Cane Audio Theatre members
Sound by Gerry Horan, Contact Studio, Tallaght
-running time 55 minutes-
Civic Theatre Cafe will be open before and after the event.
âPowerful, moving, hilarious.ââaudience comments on previous productions
Sightless Cinema is delighted to welcome back a live audience on Culture
Night, for the premiere of their latest audio play Ballymuck Exchange âa
telephone comedy at The Civic Theatre, Tallaght.
Itâs a cold November night in the early nineteen seventies. Denis is
settling in for a few whiskeys, and a quiet night operating one of the last
manual telephone exchanges, in the close-knit village of Ballymuck
âsomewhere near Drogheda. âBlow-inâ Tony needs an ambulance for his
wife Sinéad whoâs gone into labour, but the axle is bust from the
potholes, the GP is in a poker game, and the new Guard has everyone on edge.
When an urgent call comes in from the Missions in Africa, Denisâ wires soon
get crossed and the whole village gets caught up in the tangle.
Ballymuck Exchange is the latest audio play devised and recorded online by
Sightless Cinema, with director Ciarán Taylor. The group of blind and
visually impaired people has been creating live audio events in cinemas since
2015, where blind and sighted can share unique listening experiences in the
dark together, and all the pictures are in your head. They previously
presented programmes at IMC Tallaght in 2018 and 2019, but were forced to
move online in 2020 where they presented The Covid Tape-a comedy in 5 parts.
The group also contributed to Abbey Theatreâs Dear Ireland 3 online
presentation of diverse voices in 2020.
The group met weekly online for eight months to create, perform and record
their latest play. It is the longest production yet, and presents some
colourful characters, as we eavesdrop on the calls in and out of Ballymuck
Telephone Exchange.
Sightless Cinema is in partnership with the National Council for the Blind in
Ireland, and is funded by South Dublin CountyCouncil Arts Office,with
recording facilities provided by Contact Studios at Rua Red Arts Centre,
Tallaght.
Booking by Phone only 01 462 7477 from 7 September
Contact Ciarán Taylor (086) 367 9342 whitecaneaudiotheatre@xxxxxxxxx
If you require guiding from Tallaght Luas stop contact Sandra at Civic on 085
734 7980 to arrange someone to help. If you ring when you pass Belgard stop
someone can meet you off the Luas.
For other information contact whitecaneaudiotheatre@xxxxxxxxx
