OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Meghan Tyler 

• Setting

  Camlough, South Armagh, Northern Ireland in August 1989.

• Notes

  Commissioned by the Traverse Theatre.
  Developed with the support of the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. 

• Synopsis

  Rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah. Together for the first time in years, they are back at each other’s throats in seconds. And when they are forced to confront their tyrannical father’s hideous legacy, all hell breaks loose. A grotesque, black comedy celebrating sisterhood whilst reminding us that the pressure cooker of The Troubles is closer than we imagine.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

• Cast Notes

  The script also features the character of Crocodile.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 August 2019

• Production Notes

  Produced as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

• Producer

  Produced by Traverse Theatre In association with Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Traverse Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed in Traverse 1. 

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The Irish premiere was in the Lyric Theatre on the 3rd September 2019. 

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the published playscript.