The Island
25
- 27 Jun 2024
- Age Suitability: 14+ years
- Duration: 70 mins
| Tue 25 — Thu 27 Jun
8:00pm |
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Presented and written by Tina Noonan
Set in the Autumn of 2022, when four successful South Dublin school friends, gather round a kitchen island to finally celebrate a win over a rival rugby school, 45 years later.
Inspired by ongoing historic revelations of abuse by pupils who attended Ireland’s most prestigious, private schools.
Directed by Seamus Moran
Cast: Padraig Murray, Conor Donelan, Owen O’Gorman, Laurence Lowry and Patrick Loftus.
‘Noonan’s play, I believe, is a work of such importance for Ireland, a work of drama so powerfully close to the bone that several in the audience felt immediately resentful (always a good sign) and began to take up with reactionary complaints – too difficult, too triggering, too graphic for young ears. The language is raw, the subject matter substantial, but all of it I think, is necessary.’
Louise Roseingrave, Reporter/Journalist
