{"id":15305,"date":"2017-10-30T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T10:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15305"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T10:13:01","slug":"fatherhood-explored-in-one-man-show-at-seamus-heaney-homeplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/fatherhood-explored-in-one-man-show-at-seamus-heaney-homeplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatherhood explored in one-man show at Seamus Heaney HomePlace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Belfast actor, writer, director and comedian <strong>Stephen Beggs<\/strong> will be bringing his celebrated one-man show about one of life\u2019s most important experiences &#8211; fatherhood \u2013 to <strong>Seamus Heaney HomePlace<\/strong> for two shows on <strong>Saturday 4 November<\/strong>.<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15306\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/press2-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"334\" \/>My Father\u2019s Chair<\/em><\/strong> is a funny and moving performance for families about the nature of fatherhood.\u00a0 What does it mean to have a Dad?\u00a0 What does it mean to be a Dad?\u00a0 What makes the relationship between Dads and kids unique and special?\u00a0 How does society view the role of fathers in children\u2019s lives?\u00a0 As a theatre maker and a father himself, Stephen Beggs explores all these questions, creating a funny, challenging and emotional journey for audiences along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The show was partly inspired by Stephen&#8217;s relationship with his late father and his own experience of having a child.\u00a0 As an audience member commented on the show:\u00a0 &#8220;You told your story and by doing so evoked memories good and sad for the adults, while showing children how their parents were once so like them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen is a regular visitor to Seamus Heaney HomePlace and directed local school students in a performance for Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall during their visit to the centre earlier this year.\u00a0 On bringing <strong><em>My Father\u2019s Chair<\/em><\/strong> to Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Stephen says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamily and the relationship between father and son are major themes in Seamus Heaney\u2019s poetry so I am delighted to be bringing<em> My Father\u2019s Chair<\/em> to his spiritual home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets for My Father\u2019s Chair at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Saturday 4 November at 11am and 2pm are \u00a35\/\u00a33 concession and can be booked online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamusheaneyhome.com\/\">www.seamusheaneyhome.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast actor, writer, director and comedian Stephen Beggs will be bringing his celebrated one-man show about one of life\u2019s most important experiences &#8211; fatherhood \u2013 to Seamus Heaney HomePlace for two shows on Saturday 4 November. My Father\u2019s Chair is a funny and moving performance for families about the nature of fatherhood.\u00a0 What does it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/fatherhood-explored-in-one-man-show-at-seamus-heaney-homeplace\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15307,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15305\/revisions\/15307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}