Smock Alley Theatre, Monday 15th June - Saturday 20th June
Back by popular demand, Volta’s critically-acclaimed Counterparts & A Little Cloud has been expanded to include adaptations of three stories from Joyce’s debut work — Two Gallants, A Little Cloud, and Counterparts — as part of the Bloomsday Festival.
These three short stories are vivid “slices of life” from early 20th century Dublin. Stunningly accompanied by live music, they portray a society in paralysis in immaculately detailed scenes: in Two Gallants, a couple of ne’er-do-wells mooch around Dublin on the make. A Little Cloud sees a sensitive soul thrown by a meeting with an old college friend back from London, while Counterparts takes us on a doomed pub crawl with an ungainly, bad-tempered law clerk.
At once funny and tragic, Joyce’s tales are populated with an array of colourful characters who remain entirely contemporary, despite the bowler hats and Edwardian collars.
- Date:
- Monday 15th June - Saturday 20th June
- Time:
- 7.30pm
- Price:
- €19 - €21
- Address:
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland


