Tom Murphy’s heart-rending tale about the search for home and sense of belonging.
‘I’m saying even if I’m away, I belong here’
Summer time, 1950s Ireland. Emigrants are returning home for their annual visit. While some just want to prop up the local bars, Christy Cavanagh has something more in mind.
His first call is to the house of Mrs. de Burca and her three daughters, the place he thinks of as home. When he discovers the place is up for sale, he feels he must take action or face being totally cut adrift.
The Abbey Theatre has produced 23 Tom Murphy plays since the staging of Famine on the Peacock stage in 1968. The House, an Abbey Theatre commission debuted at the Abbey Theatre in 2000. Now, over a decade later the themes of a search for belonging and emigration still echo in today’s society.
Booking Details:
Wednesday 13 June – Saturday 14 July
Previews: Thursday 7 June – Tuesday 12 June
On the Abbey stage
Assisted performances:
Sign Language interpreted performance: Thursday 5 July
Audio-described and Captioned performance: Saturday 7 July
Matinee Club: Saturday 7 July
Monday – Saturday 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm
Ticket prices: €13 – €40
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And Also…
Video for Tom Murphy’s - The House
NEWS 7 Jun 2012
And Also…
The House I Grew Up In
Think of the house you grew up in. Does a particular photo spring to mind?
NEWS 6 Jun 2012
REVIEWS: WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
See all reviews‘It is quite simply one of the best shows produced by the Abbey in years’
‘Tom Murphy’s The House is given the five-star treatment by a masterful director and inspired cast’
‘Director Annabelle Comyn handles the material with a sureness of touch’
‘The House is a fine piece of theatre’
‘Eleanor Methven gives a standout turn as Mrs De Búrca’
REVIEWS: WHAT YOU SAID
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Best play we have seen for some time, despite problems with set!
Delighted we made the effort to see it.
Regards
Margsret
margaret fayevent, Ashbourne 20 Jul 2012, 15:27
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A wonderful, wonderful production, which I saw when I was briefly in Ireland ,and a must see show. Full congratulations to Annabelle and all her team of talented actors. This production cannot be praised too highly. As a theatre critic in Perth, I was staggered by this productions depth and wonderment...congratulations to all involved.
Debbie Marshallevent, Perth western Australia 23 Jun 2012, 01:49
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play one can reflect on and see it on the streets and in the towns of Ireland today.
Alan Richardsonevent, Wicklow 17 Jun 2012, 14:19
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Oh what a treat! It is a long long time since I was so involved with a play from beginning to end. The mood was very aptly created by the music, the scenes and the costumes. The acting was superb ,laughter, pathos,comedy, darkness all entwined to create a journey back in time. The emigrant boats were packed with the youth of Ireland trying to find a living abroad .they never forgot their “Irishness” .The pub scenes so real. There is so much in this magnificent production that I intend going to see it again ann kiernan
ANN KIERNANevent, swords dublin 9 Jun 2012, 20:54
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