Women centre stage in play about Ireland’s revolutionary wars
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Author: Judy Murphy
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From this week's Galway City Tribune
Outrage, by award-winning playwright Deirdre Kinahan, which explores the true nature of women’s role in the Irish revolutionary wars, and the effects of the Civil War on women, is coming to the city’s Town Hall Theatre next Tuesday, November 5, at 8pm.
This production, from Fishamble: The New Play Company, is directed by Jim Culleton and comes to Galway as part of an Irish tour.
Told through the prism of sisters, Alice and Nell, the cast includes Naoise Dunbar, Caitríona Ennis and Mary Murray.
Alice and Nell play key roles in arming Ireland’s revolutionaries and organising civic resistance, and they are particularly involved in the propaganda war. They’re fervent, they’re funny, they’re human and, like everyone else in Ireland, they become deeply conflicted as the country spins toward a civil war that splits the nation and continues to haunt Irish life to this day.
Playwright Deirdre Kinahan explains that Outrage, which is based on testimonies from women we’ve never heard of, challenges the historical narrative we’ve all grown up with.
Fishamble first presented the play in 2022, during the St Patrick’s Festival, in partnership with Dublin Port Company and Meath County Council, as part of the Decade of Centenaries programme.
The Sunday Independent called it ‘superb’, while The Guardian’s verdict was ‘gripping’ and The Irish Times praised its staging for the ‘sensitive direction. . . fine performances’.
Outrage has now been revived for an extensive tour, supported by an Arts Council touring grant.
The 80-minute drama will be at the Town Hall next Tuesday evening. Tickets at €20 / €18, plus booking fee, at tht.ie, 091-56977 or the box office.
For details on other venues, see fishamble.com.
Pictured: Caitríona Ennis and Naoise Dunbar in Outrage.
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