OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Shane Mac an Bhaird 

• Setting

  The Antarctic

• Synopsis

  Melt is about the folly of humankind, our Icarus-like ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and the damage we do ourselves and our world in the process. Its setting is the Antarctic – the last great wilderness, the edge of the known world, the one relatively uncontaminated territory. Into this idyllic landscape is catapulted the gloriously anarchic Boylan, a pioneering Irish ecologist gone rogue. As the play opens, he is joined by Cook, a young scientist who is strung between his professional ambitions and his romantic longing for the mysterious Dr Hansen – Boylan’s ex-wife. And then there is Veba, the strange female Boylan captures and brings up from the sub-glacial lake.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  30 September 2017

• Production Notes

  Produced as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

• Producer

  Produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  Smock Alley Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed in the Main Space.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme with additional information taken from the Dublin Theatre Festival programme.