Blood in the Alley Productions

The Empty Nest starring Seamus O’Rourke

by Oisín Flores Sweeney
Also starring Joan Sheehy | Directed by Geoff Gould

Directed by Geoff Gould, this hugely entertaining play stars Irish Times Theatre Award nominee Seamus O’Rourke (Standing in Gaps, Leaning on Gates), alongside established actor and director Joan Sheehy (An Cailín Ciúin).

Tony and Sheila are watching television… again. Their children are reared, and their grandchildren are invading their lives. Sheila wants to travel; Tony is determined to stay put. Tony is on a new diet; Sheila could cut you in two with a sharp comment. All that’s on the television is sex, and they can’t remember when they did it last.

Oisín Flores Sweeney’s debut play is an hilarious piece of theatre that looks at how couples negotiate life after the kids leave, their dreams, disappointments, longings and uncompromising opinions on everything – Gogglebox on speed!