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Two chairs, a table, a high window. An old woman, an old man. Prompted by their alarm clocks they tell their story. They tell of a village in which people’s tongues are cut out, making them ‘the Silent’. They tell of a ten-year-old boy lying in the woods, battered to death, his tongue cut out. They tell of children lined up outside the local pool – blue with cold in their swimming costumes – waiting to have their tongues cut out, then to be immersed in the pool. It’s clearly a story they need to tell… The Small Things, the new play by the author of Disco Pigs and Bedbound, is a startling Beckettian fable – or perhaps post-Beckettian. Enda Walsh is already known for the stunning impact of his plays on stage. The Small Things will be no exception.