SkelpieLimmer, Front and Centre & An Grianán Theatre
in association with Pavillion Theatre, Fishamble & The Lyric Theatre Belfast

Hello Charlie by Caoimhe Farren

Hello Charlie follows Sisters Maeve and Kate. They have fled their past trauma in Derry and now live in London. Hedonistic Maeve binge-drinks to oblivion; stoic Kate sees history repeating itself. But Maeve dodges culpability for her drunken antics; the blame clearly lies with her beloved, inebriated alter-ego: Charlie.

A laugh out loud-dark-comedy about trauma, sisterhood and breaking the cycle of familial addiction that is courageous and fiercely original in its portrayal of alcoholism.

Caoimhe Farren's play was developed as part of The Lyric’s New Playwrights Programme. It was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, and a finalist for the Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for Comedy. It was further developed as part of the inaugural Front and Centre playwrighting symposium, gaining partnership with the multi-award-winning fringe stalwarts SkelpieLimmer, and longstanding North-West producing house An Grianán Theatre. 

Supported by a Pavilion Theatre Patron Donation Award.