Abbey Theatre Reading at Belfast’s Waterfront
Autonomous Forces is directed by Conall Morrison and is part of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. For more information please see http://www.belfastfestival.com.
The cast includes Peter Balance, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Richard Dormer, Stuart Graham, Alexandra Ford, BJ Hogg, Paddy Jenkins and Paul Mallon.
Gary Mitchell’s previous plays produced by the Abbey Theatre include In a Little World of our Own and As the Beast Sleeps. Both of these new plays were directed by Conall Morrison. In 1998 In A Little World of Our Own won an ESB/Irish Times Theatre Award for best new play. This production also played at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, marking the Abbey Theatre’s first visit to the Lyric Theatre.

