The award-winning production by HotForTheatre tells the unflinching and very personal love story of a most unlikely couple.
Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally.
Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre.
Now they’re in a show…reluctantly. Defying stereotype, they’re here to share with you something they’ve never dared to before.
A fresh, human and hilarious piece from this defiant new company HotForTheatre, I ♥ Alice ♥ I explores the monumental journey of a most unlikely couple.
The Abbey Theatre is delighted to present this funny and fresh piece of documentary theatre written and directed by Amy Conroy.
A participant on the Abbey’s 2011 New Playwright Programme, Amy’s play has received wide acclaim receiving two ABSOLUT Fringe awards in 2010, the Fishamble New Writing Award and Best Female Performer for Clare Barrett.
This stirring piece of documentary theatre is an unflinching and acutely personal love story, and it’s not to be missed!
Read an Irish Times interview with Amy Conroy
‘an impeccably executed piece of documentary theatre’ – The Irish Times.
‘two quiet, understated, very fine performances’ – Irish Theatre Magazine
Booking Details:
Performance dates:
Wednesday 1 February – Saturday 18 February
Previews: Monday 30 January – Tuesday 31 January
On the Peacock stage
Assisted performance:
Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 16 February
Time: Monday – Saturday 8pm, Saturday Matinee 2.30pm
Ticket prices: €13 – €25
See more on ticket prices.
Related Events
Meet the Makers: Amy Conroy
talk 7 February
Talk - I ♥ Alice ♥ I - Rebels and Romantics
talk 14 February
And Also…
New Season Announcement
The Abbey Theatre recently announced its new season from January to September 2012. Across both the Abbey and Peacock stages, the new season features new and established writers with new work coming to the stage, revived work back by popular demand and the very best of independent theatre in Ireland.
NEWS 1 Sep 2011
REVIEWS: WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
See all reviews‘heart-warming and hilarous’
‘Quirky, humourous and touching tale’
‘sweet, uplifting play’
‘Conroy’s sparkling, insightful and life-affirming script celebrates what is exceptional within the ordinary’
‘It’s also about the power of theatre. Above all though, it’s about the challenges, vagaries and sudden bursts of grace that are part of long-term love’s bittersweet deal’.
‘Conroy strikes an impeccable balance between the heart-warming, the plangent and the laugh-out-loud’
‘It’s impossible to come away without taking a small part of the couple with you’
‘Indeed, you’re likely to ♥ the Alice’s almost as much as they do each other’
‘artful and touching’
‘Such eye for detail is the sublime talent of both playwright and documentation’
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Suggested Products
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Bookworms Script (2012)
€10.00Script to accompany ‘Bookworms’ by Bernard Farrell. An Abbey Theatre commission
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Abbey One Hundred:Book Of Days (2004)
€20.00- Special offer
The Book of Days was published to commemorate the centenary of the Abbey in 2004.
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A Branded T-shirt
€15.00100% cotton t-shirt in Navy that features the Abbey Theatre logo which brings together the history of the Abbey.
REVIEWS: WHAT YOU SAID
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A wonderful unexpected triumph, enjoyed every second and would definitely go see it again. Alice Slattery was amazing.
Bevent, Dublin 14 Feb 2012, 14:44
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