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Thu 20 May, 8pm

Tickets

€29/27 (+ booking fee)
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Fishamble: The New Play Company

Before by Pat Kinevane

as part of 5 Plays by Pat Kinevane


From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts – for good.

Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour. This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street. Some folk are impossible to buy for…

WINNER: Herald Archangel Award, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019