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May 14, 2024 - "Touching the Void", Colm Tóibín, and The Plastic Bag Store
Climbing a mountain is a metaphor frequently used to describe something that seems insurmountable. For the Chelsea-based Apollinaire Theatre Company, they are both figuratively and literally climbing a mountain in their latest production “Touching the Void.” The play involves a climbable mountain, a Scottish pub, a base camp, and the ever-present void. Two of the actors starring in this production, Parker Jennings and Patrick O’Konis, join us to talk about taking theater to new heights.
Then author Colm Tóibín joins us. He doesn’t care for sequels. He thinks of them as kind of a literary…
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