Sunday 14th April 2024
Location: Barnstorm Theatre Company Ltd 3 John’s Quay R95 T832 Kilkenny
Carlow Little Theatre Society present ‘Breathless’ by John MacKenna.

Inspired by real events in the Midlands, ‘Breathless’ is a play about four missing women. It starts on a summer morning when four women, strangers to each other, meet on a roadside. They share one thing in common; each is missing; the nurse disappeared without a trace, as did the teenager, the teacher and the older, unhappily married woman. They remember – in frightening detail – the circumstances surrounding their disappearance.

‘I wanted to write a play that recognises the lives of women who disappear – the real lives. The four women in this play bring the strengths and failings that were part and parcel of their daily lives into a condition where loss, confrontation, anger and even humour are unavoidable.’ – John MacKenna

Directed by Emma Kinsella, the play challenges its audience to explore questions beyond the facts of disappearance, examining life and death and optimism in the face of everything fate throws at people.

Cast

Woman No. 1: Deirdre Colhoun

Woman No. 2: Lilly Mae O’Brien

Woman No. 3: Miriam Dowd

Woman No. 4: Andrea Bolger

Written by John MacKenna

Directed by Emma Kinsella

Produced by Michael Somers
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