OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  John McCarthy (1)  Sara-Jane Power 

• Setting

  A half-finished suburban housing estate, contemporary Ireland (2011)

• Synopsis

  A haunting vision of suburbia as seen through the eyes of a child, 'Latch' is the story of a boy who believes in everything he’s told, until the day things start to fall apart.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  6

• Female

  2

• Total

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  13 June 2011

• Producer

  Produced by Hammergrin

• Venue Notes

  Staged as a site-specific piece at Harbour Heights, Passage West.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  First produced as part of the 2012 Cork Midsummer Festival.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the programme for the original production.