Somewhere in the west of Ireland, a group of immigrants waits for something to happen. They are housed in a row of caravans, bored, and new to Ireland. They want to go to work, to fit in, but options are limited. After much reflection, a group of them decides to form a hurling team. It’s […]
Alec Cameron Lugo, Charlie O'Neill, Clara-Liis Hillier, contemporary Irish drama, Corrib Theatre, Cynthis Shur Petts, diversity, Falynn Burton, Heath Hyun Houghton, Hurl, hurling, immigration issues, inclusivity, Irish national sport, James Dixon, Kenneth Dembo, Tracy Cameron Francis, Wynee HuCorrib Theatre is back with the second play in its season of contemporary Irish plays, Lifeboat. This the extraordinary true story of two teenage girls–Bess Walder (Britt Harris), 15, of Liverpool, and Beth Cummings (Kayla Lian), 14, of London–who clung to an overturned lifeboat for 19 terrifying hours in the northern Atlantic Ocean after their ship […]
Avital Shira, Britt Harris, child evacuees during World War II, Contemporary Irish playwrights, Corrib Theatre, Kayla Lian, Lifeboat, live theatre, Nicola McCartney, Northwest Children's Theatre, Operation Pied Piper, The City of Benares, World War II dramaBelfast Girls, Irish playwright Jaki McCarrick’s 2015 play about five young women aboard the Inchinnan, a ship bound for Australia, opened November 17–with high hopes on the part of the voyagers, and fistfights. It is the first play in Corrib Theatre’s 2017-18 season, and this is its U.S. West Coast premiere. The play documents the […]
Anya Pearson, Belfast Girls, Brenan Dwyer, contemporary women playwrights, Corrib Theatre, Earl Grey Orphan Scheme, Gemma Whelan, Hannah Edelson, historical plays, Irish Great Hunger, Irish Potato Famine, Irish women playwrights, Jaki McCarrick, Shaking the Tree Theatre, Summer Olsson, Tiffany Groben, workhouse