two roads west

Written By: Laurence McKeown
Directed By: Paula McFetridge 
Production Premiere: 7th May 2009

‘Two Roads West’ was first performed as part of the 10th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival on 7th May 2009. The play for an audience of five, took place in a moving Black Taxi that travelled from Belfast city centre, up the Falls Road, through the ‘peace’ gates and down the Shankill Road.

City walls, teenage kicks and childhood sweethearts. 

A taxi ride through Stroke City, through hope and history, telling stories of the west bank of the Foyle old and new.

Join Kabosh for a play in a taxi.  You’ll never see the streets in the same way!

Gable walls, Van the Man and childhood sweethearts.

A black taxi ride into the West, the whole West and nothing but the West.

Two Roads West tells the story of Rosie, back from London after 40 years, looking for her memories of the city that once was. Her guide to the roads is Bill, cynical, world weary, but not without hope. As the journey unfolds a connection is made.

Two Roads West explores issues of identity, politics and change, and how space can look much different depending on our experience of it, the information we have, and what position, geographically or time-wise, we look at it from.

“The concept that ‘we ain’t so different’ ain’t so different, but what is different is this beautiful play’s attempt to say we have more in common than apart” – Culture NI

Two Roads West is funded by Belfast City Council as part of the Community in the City Programme, and produced in partnership with West Belfast Taxi Association.

  • “Very seductive, a very organic piece of theatre – it’s the perfect festival play”

    Arts Extra

  • …the only one fundamental problem was the fact that only five people can see the show at a time.  It’s the perfect festival play

    BBC NI Radio Ulster

  • ... manages the successful synthesis of performance and cultural tour. For my money, Two Roads West is Kabosh’s most successful realisation of the laudable remit to 'take theatre into unfamiliar places and spaces

    Culture Northern Ireland

  • a gentle contemplative piece of theatre that uses its universal themes of love and memory to create a place for itself that leaves the audience delightfully moved

    Dawn Hargy, Irish Theatre Magazine

CREATIVE TEAM

2009

Writer: Laurence McKeown

Director: Paula McFetridge

Creative Producer: Hugh Odling-Smee

Stage Manager: Caroline Curran

Assistant Stage Manager: Monica McNally
Cast: Vincent Higgins, Carol Moore

Brand Image by Ian Knox

A&B Community Award 2010 Highly Commended

REVIVAL- the piece was reimagined for Derry City of Culture in 2013

Writer: Laurence McKeown

Director: Paula McFetridge

Stage Manager: Gemma Walker and Christine Collins

Cast: Conor Barr and Susie Kelly

PAST PERFORMANCES

  • 6th November - 1st December 2013

  • May:

    10th Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival

    August:

    Féile an Phobail Festival 

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