Posted by: Iain Fisher
« on: October 10, 2023, 05:35:23 PM »Blue Raincoat Theatre Company present A Place with the Pigs at The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland on 21-25 Nov 2023. The director is Niall Henry and the performers are John Carty and Sandra O Malley.
"Based on a true story, A Place With the Pigs is a poignant and sometimes farcical tale about a Russian soldier who deserted his post during WWII and spent the next 41 years hiding in his pigsty. The plays begins with Pavel Ivanovitch preparing to rejoin the world by throwing himself at the mercy of his countrymen".
There is a post-show talk on 22 Nov 2023.
More details of the performance are here
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/fugard-news.html
More on the play is here
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-plays-exile.html
![](https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-a-place-with-the-pigs.jpg)
"Based on a true story, A Place With the Pigs is a poignant and sometimes farcical tale about a Russian soldier who deserted his post during WWII and spent the next 41 years hiding in his pigsty. The plays begins with Pavel Ivanovitch preparing to rejoin the world by throwing himself at the mercy of his countrymen".
There is a post-show talk on 22 Nov 2023.
More details of the performance are here
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/fugard-news.html
More on the play is here
https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-plays-exile.html
![](https://iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-a-place-with-the-pigs.jpg)