just a song at twilight

Downstage Left presented Just a Song at Twilight, by Denis Burke at the Scene + Heard festival in Dublin’s Smock Alley on February 20 – 21, 2024.

A contemporary James Joyce flashback mashup, Just a Song at Twilight is a moving and amusing whirlwind retelling of the back story to Ulysses, featuring James Joyce’s big questions, The Dead, and the inimitable Sylvia Beach.

Directed by Jess Graham
Written by Denis Burke
Performed by Becky Blomgren, Denis Burke, Borislava Kospky, Alex McKenzie, Laura Keown and Marion McEvoy
Set by Neill Treacy
Lighting by Paul Doran and Dylan Delaney