Details

Marian needs to move on. She has sold her business and takes up tenancy in a repossessed Belfast working-class parlour-house. Her hopes for a safe haven and fresh start are soon shattered when she finds herself bunkered down during the Ulster Workers' Strike with estranged husband Lenny, his muesli-chomping friend Peter, and her best friend Ruth who is fleeing from an abusive husband. The four have their own personal crises to reconcile before they can carve a new future. They work out their relationships to each other, the world outside and to the past while trying to envisage a future beyond bombs and reprisals. Only Marian is aware of a fifth presence - the ghost of Lily Matthews, the previous occupant. From the late, great Stewart Parker this, his final masterpiece sets out to find the light in the dark.

Cast/Performers

Judith Roddy (Marian), Paul Mallon (Lenny), Roisin Gallagher (Ruth), Will Irvine (Peter), Carol Moore (Lilly)

Creatives/Company

Author: Stewart Parker
Director: Jimmy Fay
Design: Alyson Cummins
Costume: Alyson Cummins
Lighting: Ciaran Bagnall