{"id":17222,"date":"2019-04-01T14:16:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17222"},"modified":"2019-04-01T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:16:34","slug":"the-long-now-by-sam-burnside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/04\/the-long-now-by-sam-burnside\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Now By Sam Burnside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As part of Antrim Live Festival, Ulster Theatre Company present <\/strong><em><strong>The Long Now<\/strong><\/em><strong> by County Antrim born poet Sam Burnside at The Old Courthouse on Saturday 6 April.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-Long-Now-Programme-Image-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17223\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring two actors, projections, live music underscore and a\nsoundscaped chorus, <em>The<\/em> <em>Long Now<\/em> explores one man\u2019s memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memory is general to all, while memories are unique to each of\nus.&nbsp; Memory is shared, but my memories are mine, warmed or cooled,\nsweetened or embittered with time\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember as a child being a passenger in a big black car on one\ndark evening.&nbsp; I remember sitting low in the front passenger seat, looking\nup and out through the windscreen, the passing world of tree tops and\ncloud-filled sky being cut like scenes in a film with that mesmeric rhythm of\nthe windscreen wipers. Do I remember, or do I imagine the sound of the wipers,\nthe warmth of the car and the smell of the smoke of my mother\u2019s\ncigarette?&nbsp; I do not know but I imagine I remember the truth of that\nexperience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis&nbsp;<em>entertainment<\/em>&nbsp;may or may not be true.&nbsp;\nWho can say?&nbsp; Co Antrim in the 1950s is a far-off place.&nbsp; Yet, this\nis the honest product of a writer closing his eyes and thrusting his hand into\nthe bran tub of time and memory and hoping.\u201d(Sam Burnside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring\nSam Burnside&#8217;s poetic language, <em>The Long Now<\/em> is an evocative\nexploration of memory, childhood and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets\nfrom Box Office T: 028 9442 8331 or online theoldcourthousetheatre.com <\/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>As part of Antrim Live Festival, Ulster Theatre Company present The Long Now by County Antrim born poet Sam Burnside at The Old Courthouse on Saturday 6 April. Featuring two actors, projections, live music underscore and a soundscaped chorus, The Long Now explores one man\u2019s memories. Memory is general to all, while memories are unique &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/04\/the-long-now-by-sam-burnside\/\">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\/17222"}],"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=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17224,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions\/17224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}