My Name is Saoirse, award-winning one woman show, at The Source Thurles
My Name is Saoirse
Directed by Hildegard Ryan. Written and performed by Eva O’Connor.
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 an arse so big it 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 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 1980’s 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.
My Name is Saoirse
The Source Arts Centre Thurles, Thursday 19 November @ 8pm
Bookings 0504 90204 www.thesourceartscentre.ie
WINNER:
Argus Angel Award, Brighton Fringe 2015
First Fortnight Award, Dublin Fringe 2014
NSDF Commendation for Best New Writing, Edinburgh Fringe 2014
NOMINATED:
Best Performer, Dublin Fringe 2014
Best Writing Dublin Fringe, 2014
Stuart Parker Trust Award Longlist, 2015
Produced as a radio drama for RTE Radio 1, Ireland.
Published by Metheun Drama, Bloomsbury.
Three Weeks: ★★★★★
The Public Reviews: ★★★★★
The Argus: ★★★★★
TN2 Magazine: ★★★★★
Edinburgh Guide: ★★★★★
The Irish Times: ★★★★
The Evening Herald: ★★★★
Exuent Magazine: ★★★★
Fringe Guru: ★★★★
Broadway Baby ★★★★
