An Abbey Theatre production
Somewhere Out There You
28 September - 4 November 2023
Written by Nancy Harris
Directed by Wayne Jordan
Booking Information
Dates: 28 September – 4 November 2023
On the Abbey stage
Times: Mon – Sat 7:30pm, Sat matinees 2pm
Wed matinee 11 Oct 2pm
Running time: Approx. 2 hours and 45 minutes, including interval
Tickets: €15 – €45
Content advice: Please note this performance contains shimmering flashing lights from a curtain on stage which will affect people with photo sensitive epilepsy in the same way as strobe or flashing lights.
Sign language interpreted performance: Friday 20 October, 7:30pm
Captioned performance: Saturday 28 October, 2:00pm
Audio-described performance: Saturday 28 October, 2:00pm
Touch Tour of Stage and Set: Saturday 28 October, 12:00pm
Casey is living the love story of her dreams…so why can’t her family be happy for her?
Casey’s new boyfriend Brett is handsome, romantic and devoted. For once in her life Casey is in a relationship with a man who attends to her every whim and desire. But far from celebrating this new love, Casey’s family are concerned. When her suspicious sister Cynthia starts digging into Brett’s past, she threatens to take away the one good thing that’s ever happened to Casey…
Somewhere Out There You, Nancy Harris’s dazzling world premiere, is a romantic comedy with a twist, playfully unravelling the love stories we weave for ourselves and inviting us to question what compels us to tell them in the first place.
Somewhere Out There You premieres as part of Dublin Theatre Festival. Playwright Nancy Harris spoke at the festival launch in July – read her speech in full here.
Reviews
★★★★★
'A witty, wildly imaginative crackerjack of a new play'
The Irish Mail on Sunday
★★★★
'The enjoyable sweep of a head-spinning romance'
The Irish Times
★★★★
'Hilariously entertaining... a laugh out loud delight'
The Arts Review
'Sparkily original'
Irish Independent
'A mastery of dialogue and intelligent wit'
Sunday Independent
Show Trailer
Production Images
Images: Ros Kavanagh
Programme
Download the programme for Somewhere Out There You, which includes a progamme note from playwright Nancy Harris, here.
Audio-described programme notes
Download the audio-described programme notes here, or listen to them below.
Credits
- Ensemble: Niamh Branigan
- Sebastian: Stephen Brennan
- Marcus: Oscar Clancy
- Brett: Cameron Cuffe
- Marcus: Harley Cullen-Walsh
- Cynthia: Danielle Galligan
- Ensemble: Jess Kavanagh
- Ensemble: Sophie Kavanagh
- Casey: Eimear Keating
- Pauline: Lise-Ann McLaughlin
- Ensemble: Teddy Moore
- Gareth/Dave/Ensemble: Donncha O'Dea
- Ensemble: Aisling O'Meara
- Alan: Enda Oates
- Eric: Paul Reid
- Tess/Karen: Kate Stanley Brennan
- Writer: Nancy Harris
- Director: Wayne Jordan
- Set Designer: Maree Kearns
- Costume Designer : Catherine Fay
- Lighting Designer: Sinéad McKenna
- Composer and Sound Designer: Sinéad Diskin
- Movement Director: Paula O’Reilly
- Wigs, Hair and Makeup: Val Sherlock
- Casting Director: Sarah Jones
- Voice Director: Andrea Ainsworth
- Fight Director: Ciaran O'Grady
- AV Design: Patricio Cassinoni
- Assistant Director: Dolores Rice
- Assistant Set Designer: Ronan Duffy
- Assistant Movement Director: Neil O'Brien
- Promotional Image Photographer: Sarah Doyle