Hatch Theatre Company and The Everyman in association with Once Off Productions present
Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Annabelle Comyn
THU 12–SAT 14 JUN, 8PM | MATINEE SAT, 2PM
ISL-interpreted performance SAT 14 JUN, 2PM
Live at The Everyman
Hatch Theatre Company and The Everyman in association with Once Off Productions are delighted to present the Irish premiere of Caryl Churchill’s 2016 revolutionary play, Escaped Alone, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
A sunny afternoon. Sally, Vi and Lena sit in a yard drinking tea, on the other side of the fence stands Mrs Jarrett.
“Don’t look now but there’s someone watching us”
When Mrs Jarrett steps off the street and into Sally’s yard, her presence brings the outside world in and horrific events of the past, unspoken, come to the fore.
Intimate and vast, domestic and wild, Churchill’s vision presents a world hurtling towards its own destruction. Escaped Alone viciously satirises contemporary capitalist culture while it celebrates the (often unheard) voices of aging women.
In a career spanning over six decades, playwright Caryl Churchill continues to reinvent the genre with each new creation.
Starring Sorcha Cusack, Anna Healy, Ruth McCabe and Deirdre Monaghan, Escaped Alone receives its Irish premiere at The Everyman for Cork Midsummer Festival followed by a run at Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Don’t miss this electric new production directed by Annabelle Comyn for Hatch Theatre Company.
“Escaped Alone is magnificent. It has all the qualities that mark Caryl Churchill as the greatest living playwright – it’s funny, it’s complicated, and it’s sinister.” – The Huffington Post
“Caryl Churchill’s magnificent new play unleashes an intricate, elliptical, acutely female view of the apocalypse. Revolutionary.” – The Observer, Susannah Clapp
Listen to an interview with Annabelle Comyn on The Arts House HERE.
CREDITS
Playwright Caryl Churchill
Director Annabelle Comyn
Set and Costume Designer Tom Piper
Lighting Designer Sarah Jane Shiels
Composer and Sound Designer Philip Stewart
Starring Sorcha Cusack, Anna Healy, Ruth McCabe and Deirdre Monaghan
Behind-the-scenes Talk at the Triskel Arts Centre – SAT 14 JUN, 4PM
Join Annabelle Comyn following the matinee of Escaped Alone on Saturday 14 June for a discussion with Cork Theatre Collective’s Zoe Ní Riordáin. Annabelle will be sharing insights from her process as the director of the Caryl Churchill play, and will answer questions from the audience.
This series of ‘How We Made It’ talks is hosted at the Cork Theatre Collective Studio Space at the Triskel Arts Centre. 4pm-5pm
The event is free, you can register HERE.
