Nomad Theatre Network, in association with Once Off Productions
‘Ireland is full’? Of what exactly?
A birthday celebration turns febrile when a rural Irish family address their sister’s relationship with a refugee. Fierce, funny and immediate, ADRIFT is a contemporary family drama exploring the psychology of fear and Ireland’s complex relationship with emigration.
‘You can’t even have the conversation!’ - Well, what better place than theatre? In ADRIFT, Kinahan explores the ironic rise of Irish anti-immigrant sentiment with her celebrated humour and humanity, taking the arguments that seem to set fire to hearts and buildings right into the Irish kitchen.
Deirdre Kinahan is one of Ireland’s major contemporary playwrights. Previous loved plays include OUTRAGE, The Saviour, An Old Song Half Forgotten, TEMPESTA, The Unmanageable Sisters, Rathmines Road, Moment, Halcyon Days. Joined by a stellar cast including Catherine Byrne (That They May Face the Rising Sun, Love/Hate, The Tudors) , Darragh Feehely (The Body Is Water, Groundless), Janet Moran (The Dry, The Last Rifleman, Breakfast on Pluto), Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin, Ros na Rún) and John Olohan (That They May Face the Rising Sun) and acclaimed Director Marc Atkinson Borrull (An Ideal Husband, Gate Theatre; Three Sisters, Dublin Theatre Festival; Tempesta also by Deirdre Kinahan, Cork Midsummer & Glassmask Theatre) ADRIFT promises a wonderfully honest, empathetic and unsettling night at the theatre.
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