Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill at The Everyman, Cork

Hatch Theatre Company and The Everyman in association with Once Off Productions are delighted to present the Irish premiere of Caryl Churchill’s 2016 revolutionary play, Escaped Alone, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.

A sunny afternoon. Sally, Vi and Lena sit in a yard drinking tea, on the other side of the fence stands Mrs Jarrett.

“Don’t look now but there’s someone watching us”

When Mrs Jarrett steps off the street and into Sally’s yard, her presence brings the outside world in and horrific events of the past, unspoken, come to the fore.

Intimate and vast, domestic and wild, Churchill’s vision presents a world hurtling towards its own destruction. Escaped Alone viciously satirises contemporary capitalist culture while it celebrates the (often unheard) voices of aging women.

In a career spanning over six decades, playwright Caryl Churchill continues to reinvent the genre with each new creation.

Starring Sorcha Cusack, Anna Healy, Ruth McCabe and Deirdre Monaghan, Escaped Alone receives its Irish premiere at The Everyman for Cork Midsummer Festival followed by a run at Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Don’t miss this electric new production directed by Annabelle Comyn for Hatch Theatre Company.