From a Low and Quiet Sea, adapted for the stage from Donal Ryan’s acclaimed, Booker Prize-nominated novel.
Four souls. Each searching for something they have lost. Each trying to make sense of the road they have chosen. For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter from the war. If they stay, they will lose their freedom. If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for a faraway land across the merciless sea. Lampy is distracted. He’s with Eleanor, but she’s not Chloe. His granddad’s sniping jokes are getting on his wick. And on top of all that, he has a bus to drive; those old folks from the home can’t wait all day. For John, the game was always the lifeblood coursing through his veins. Manipulating people for enrichment, for enjoyment, for spite. But it was never enough. The lifeblood is slowing down, will God listen? Florence’s son is acting differently which forces her to look for answers, but she is afraid of the truth that lies within herself.
The mother, the refugee, the penitent, the dreamer. Four characters, four lost souls, searching for a version of home.
Adapted by Donal Ryan, the cast, and Andrew Flynn. Directed by Andrew Flynn.
NATIONAL TOUR MAY AND JUNE 2023
May
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Town Hall Theatre, Galway – Wed 3
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Westport Town Hall Theatre, Mayo – Thu 4
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The Linenhall, Castlebar, Mayo – Fri 5
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Hawkswell, Sligo – Sat 6
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Garter Lane, Waterford – Wed 10, Thurs 11
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Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Tipperary – Fri 12, Sat 13
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Roscommon Arts Centre – Tue 16
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Townhall Cavan – Wed 17
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Belltable, Limerick – Thu 18, Fri 19, Sat 20
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Backstage Theatre, Longford – Tue 23, Wed 24
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The Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin – Thu 25, Fri 26
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Solstice Arts Centre, Navan – Sun 28
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Glór, Ennis, Clare – Wed 31
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June
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Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny – Thu 1
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Wexford Arts Centre – Fri 2, Sat 3
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St. John’s Theatre, Listowel, Kerry – Wed 7
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Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare – Thu 8, Fri 9
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Draiocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin – Sat 10
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DOWNLOAD DIGITAL PROGRAMME HERE
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RTE SUNDAY WITH MIRIAM
Tipperary’s finest writer and director both chat with Miriam about touring Ireland with the stage adaptation of ‘From a Low and Quiet Sea’.
Andrew Flynn, Miriam O’Callaghan and Donal Ryan
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RTE THE WORKS PRESENTS
John Kelly meets acclaimed Tipperary novelist Donal Ryan
