OVERVIEW

• Playwright

   

• Author Notes

  Devised and written by the director and the cast.

• Synopsis

  Set in Paris, Montreal, Rome, Turin, New York, Rio and the Manaus, Double Helix tells the story of five Irish characters adrift and dislocated in a fast changing world. A euro-hopping dilettante discovers within himself the horrifying germ of Huntington's syndrome just as his girlfriend becomes pregnant. A diabetic actor stumbles through life in New York while a Warholian artist wanders the world taking photographs. Five different storylines weave in and out of issues such as genetic inheritance, environmental influence and national origin.

• Play Type

  Physical/Devised Theatre
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  3

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  September 1995

• Producer

  Produced by Bickerstaffe

• Venue Notes

  First performed at Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny.

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.