About this Event
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey
On a Saturday morning in March 1980, 10 year old Conor Flynn walked to his local corner shop in West Belfast to buy football cards. He never came back. 6 months later, 11 year old Liam O’Donnell was convicted of his M**der.
It is now January 1990 and Conor’s brother Gerry, 16, is trying to construct a normal life for himself during the last gasps of The Troubles - but the events of one day threaten to unravel whatever semblance of normality he has. Conor’s memorial garden is destroyed, his killer released from Pr*son, and a charismatic stranger, Ryan Maguire, infiltrates Gerry’s tight-knit community, seemingly determined to get close to him.
As Gerry and Ryan’s relationship deepens, Gerry must contend with his Mother's frustrating stoicism, his Gran’s deteriorating health, and a disturbing question: is Ryan the solution to all his problems or the reason they exist in the first place?
Written during the Soho Theatre's Writer's Lab, this is the first public rehearsed reading of In Memoriam.
THE WRITER
Georgina graduated from LAMDA's BA in Acting in 2018. Until recently she worked as part of the Producing Team for West End and UK Touring producer Josh Andrews, and is now Assistant Producer for the theatre company Told by an Idiot. Her first play, Small Vessels, was longlisted for both BOLD Theatre's and the Theatre Royal Haymarket's playwriting competitions, and reached the top 2% of submissions for the Papatango New Writing Prize out of 1468 entries. She has just finished writing groups at The Soho Theatre and Theatre503. In Memoriam is Georgina's second play.
THE DIRECTOR
Rhiann is a Freelance Theatre Director and Associate Director for Prime Cut Productions.
Recent directing credits include; the Irish Tour of Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy, This Sh*t Happens All The Time by Amanda Verlaque, produced by the Lyric Theatre, ‘Ensemble: Symbols’ for Prime Cut Productions, Distortion by Amanda Verlaque for the Mac Theatre, Blowing Minds by Rosemary Jenkinson as part of SIX by Brassneck, a short film by Jan Carson The Pause Between Now and Next for the Irish Arts Centre, New York, in association with the Lyric Theatre, On the Street Where We Live an 8-part audio play produced by The Mac, Belfast 2050: Under the Albert Clock produced by the Lyric Theatre in association with Origin Theatre Company (New York Times Critics Pick), Life From Time a short film by Caoileann Curry-Thomspon, No Explanation a short film by Kyron Bourke, VERGE new play readings for Prime Cut Productions, Glory: Desire for NI Opera Studio, The Right Twig for Fighting Words, The Tempest for Rose Bruford College and Everyday I Wake Up Hopeful by John Patrick Higgins for Prime Cut Productions.
THE CAST
Beca Barton, Matthew Blaney, Stephen Hagan, Eoin Sweeney with more to be announced soon!
Stage Directions Will Bishop
Soho Theatre Dramaturg Lakesha Arie-Angelo
Dramaturg/Outside Eye Colm Gleeson
Huge thanks to Rachael Rooney, Peter Heenan, Matthew Blaney, Kate Perry, Eoin Sweeney, Beca Barton, Will Bisop, Jenny Wall, Sibylla Archdale Kalid, Colm Gleeson and Zoë Watson for their time on the R&D morning back in November!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bush Theatre (Studio Theatre), 7 Uxbridge Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 10.00