Anhedonia
7 November 2024
Anhedonia is a dark comedy that explores mental health issues in Ireland and how we face them. After a year of developing the text, we are opening this work-in-progress presentation for one night only, offering a first glimpse of what we have discovered. With actors having worked on the material through just three meetings, is it an enhanced rehearsal? A glorified reading? The bare bones of a play? A testimony to what actors can achieve in their initial explorations? A complete theatre experience in its own right? A conceptual mess? Perhaps all of the above. There’s only one way to find out.
Funder Credits
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, The Irish Theatre Institute & Project Arts Centre
Production Credits
Cast:
Shane Connolly
John Morton
Fionnuala Gygax
Clare Monnelly
Bryan Quinn
Dramaturg
Jocelyn Clarke
Written and Directed by:
Gabriel Graves
Consultants:
Susan Lee,
Hugo Simkin.
Thanks to Caitríona Daly, Leah Egan, Kate Finnegan, Raymond Keane, Ronan Kelly, Dylan McDonagh, Roxanna Nic Liam, Claire O’Reilly, the One Giant Leap team, and Richard Walsh.
Warnings
This play contains references to mental health problems and suicide, which may be triggering for some audience members. Additionally, there will be loud noises throughout the performance.
7 November
7pm
€5
80 minutes