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Sunday’s Child
May 1, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
MY NAME IS SAOIRSE
Rural Ireland, 1987. Saoirse lives in a peach coloured bungalow with her Da and big brother Brendan. Her best friend is Siobhán, who has a glorious fountain of ginger hair, a whisper like a foghorn and distracts all the men at mass. Saoirse prefers running through fields to chasing after boys, but her best friend has other ideas. After a night out drinking with the lads, Saoirse discovers her pregnancy and is forced to set out on a journey that will take her miles away from her home and the carefree adolescence she once knew.
My Name is Saoirse is an award-winning one woman show, set in 1980s rural Ireland. Described by Three Weeks as “humorous and heartwarming,” the piece is a tender and moving coming of age story that follows Saoirse, an ordinary, extraordinary 15 year old growing up in conservative Catholic Ireland.
Three Weeks ★★★★★ The Irish Times ★★★★
Edinburgh Guide ★★★★★ The Argus ★★★★★