‘Grand Guignol: four theatrical thrillers’

Sat 4 - 7 Feb

Theatre, Literature

Mermaid’s theatre artist in residence Ciarán Taylor invites you to readings of Irish adaptations by Mia Gallagher and Carpet Theatre and of three short French plays from the Grand Guignol, followed by Salmon a new play about a supernatural fish bringing havoc to a failing restaurant. The Trick sees a crazed murderer seek solace in a lap-dancing club. When the Time Comes deals with illegal euthanasia and the tortured wife of a cancer victim. Burning Love is about a jilted lover’s vicious revenge.

These psychological thrillers offer a highly entertaining trip through some of the neuroses, dilemmas and paranoia of 21st century Ireland.