An Abbey Theatre production
This Beautiful Virtual Village
17 August - 17 November 2020
by Lisa Tierney-Keogh
Booking Information
Online premiere: 17th August, 7.30pm
(Available until 17th November)
Tickets: €5
Running Time: 70 minutes
When you purchase your digital ticket, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to watch the show
To watch the show, make sure you are logged in to our website using your Abbey Theatre username and password
This Beautiful Virtual Village will be available online until 17th November
A new version of the original award-winning play 'This Beautiful Village' by Lisa Tierney-Keogh
Playwright Lisa Tierney-Keogh has adapted and updated the winner of the 2020 Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best New Play to reflect the lockdown.
This Beautiful Virtual Village is available online for three months, until 17th November.
On a quiet street in leafy, suburban Dublin, local residents meet online about a piece of graffiti.
Who did it? What does it mean? And what’s to be done about it? They have wine and a quorum. Nothing can go wrong.
This Beautiful Virtual Village is a new adaptation of the razor-sharp play that exposes every side of what it means to co-exist in Ireland today. Set over one night, six people will confront their pride, prejudice and privilege. It won’t be pretty. But it could be beautiful.
How to watch This Beautiful Virtual Village
- When you purchase your digital ticket, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to watch the show
- To watch the show, make sure you are logged in to our website using your Abbey Theatre username and password – log in here
- This Beautiful Virtual Village will be available online until 17th November
Reviews
'Tierney-Keogh’s play remains relevant to these challenging times both in form and content'
The Business Post
'an impassioned social comedy with very contemporary concerns and some pin-sharp lines'
The Guardian
'the performances are all top class'
The Irish Mail on Sunday
Credits
- Philip: Steve Blount
- Maggie: Pom Boyd
- Liz: Amy Conroy
- Dara: Michael Ford-FitzGerald
- Paul: Luke Griffin
- Grace: Bethan Mary-James
- Writer: Lisa Tierney-Keogh
- Director: David Horan
- Set Design: Ciaran Bagnall
- Costume Design: Katie Davenport
- Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
- Composer & Sound Design: Carl Kennedy
- Voice Director: Andrea Ainsworth
- Dramaturg: Louise Stephens
- Casting (2020): Sarah Jones
- Casting (2019): Amy Rowan