Abbey Theatre Brings Back THE SEAFARER
By: Gabrielle Sierra Dec. 31, 2009
Abbey Theatre brings ‘back by popular demand' hit show ‘The Seafarer' for Christmas run 9 December 2009 - 30 January 2010
(Previews from 4 December - 8 December)
The Abbey Theatre is proud to present its 2008 hit show, THE SEAFARER, back for a Christmas run this December through to the New Year. Opening on Wednesday 9 December this much-loved Abbey production is back by popular demand after its huge success last year on the Abbey stage and the national tour that followed in the summer.
A play that explores the demons in the lives of broken men, THE SEAFARER is set in a house in a Dublin suburb where brothers, Sharky and Richard, and a couple of old drinking buddies pass Christmas Eve getting drunk and playing cards. The arrival of a stranger, however, raises the stakes even higher and suddenly it seems that Sharky is playing for his soul. In the midst of this raucous tale of drinking, craic and card playing, there is a tender story of a family, and of redemption.
Olivier Award winning playwright Conor McPherson was the Abbey's 2005 Writer-in-Association and THE SEAFARER was his first work to be produced by Ireland's National Theatre. McPherson also directs while the exceptional cast of this production consists of Liam Carney, Phelim Drew, Nick Dunning, Maeliosa Stafford and Don Wycherley. Set design is by Paul O'Mahony, lighting design is by Sinead Wallace, music and sound design is by Denis Clohessy, costume design is by Niamh Lunny and the fight director id Paul Burke.
Conor McPherson was born in Dublin in 1971. He attended University College Dublin where he began to write and direct. His stage plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St Nicholas, The Weir, Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Shining City and The Birds. Work in film includes I Went Down starring Brendan Gleeson, Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Saltwater, The Actors and the forthcoming The Eclipse. Awards for his plays include three Tony nominations, The Evening Standard, Laurence Olivier, Critics' Circle, Meyer-Whitworth and George Devine awards.
Booking and information on http://www.abbeytheatre.ie and (01) 87 87 222.
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