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Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

Hatch Theatre Company and Everyman Theatre in association with Once Off Productions

19 - 28 June

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Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Annabelle Comyn 

A sunny afternoon. Sally, Vi and Lena sit in a yard drinking tea, on the other side of the fence stands Mrs Jarrett. “Don’t look now but there’s someone watching us”

When Mrs Jarrett steps off the street and into Sally’s yard, her presence brings the outside world in and horrific events of the past, unspoken, emerge to the fore.

Intimate and vast, domestic and wild, Churchill’s vision presents a world hurtling towards its own destruction. Escaped Alone viciously satirises contemporary capitalist culture while it celebrates the (often unheard) voices of aging women.

In a career spanning over six decades, playwright Caryl Churchill continues to reinvent the genre with each new creation.

With an all-star veteran cast of the best in Irish female actors including, Sorcha Cusack (whose numerous television credits include playing the title role in Jane Eyre, Casualty, Coronation Street and Father Brown); Anna Healy (Winner of Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2023) also known for her roles in ITV’s favourite soap, Emmerdale Farm; BBC’s hit TV series Showtrial (season 2) and RTE’s Fergus’s Wedding); Ruth McCabe (known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears’ The Snapper; Christy Brown’s paramour Mary in My Left Foot; and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan, in three seasons of Silent Witness); and Deirdre Monaghan (known for screen roles in Game of Thrones (2011), Custer’s Last Stand Up (2001) and My Norwegian Holiday (2023)).

“Escaped Alone is magnificent. It has all the qualities that mark Caryl Churchill as the greatest living playwright – it’s funny, it’s complicated, and it’s sinister.” – The Huffington Post

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“Escaped Alone is magnificent. It has all the qualities that mark Caryl Churchill as the greatest living playwright – it’s funny, it’s complicated, and it’s sinister.” – The Huffington Post

“Caryl Churchill’s magnificent new play unleashes an intricate, elliptical, acutely female view of the apocalypse. Revolutionary.” – The Observer, Susannah Clapp

Group Group Funder Credits

Funded by The Arts Council of Ireland

Group Group Production Credits

Directed by Annabelle Comyn
Set & Costume Design by Tom Piper
Lighting Design by SJ Sheils
Music and Sound by Philip Stewart

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CAST

Sorcha Cusack / Anna Healy / Ruth McCabe / Deirdre Monaghan

Group Group Biography

Caryl Churchill’s plays include OWNERS; LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; TRAPS; CLOUD NINE; TOP GIRLS; FEN; SERIOUS MONEY; ICE CREAM; MAD FOREST; THE SKRIKER; BLUE HEART; THIS IS A CHAIR; FAR AWAY; A NUMBER; A DREAM PLAY; DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU?; SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN; LOVE AND INFORMATION; HERE WE GO, PIGS AND DOGS; ESCAPED ALONE; GLASS.KILL.BLUEBEARD.IMP and WHAT IF, IF ONLY. Music theatre includes LIVES OF THE GREAT POISONERS and HOTEL, both with Orlando Gough. Caryl has also written for radio and television.

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Dates

19 - 28 June

Time

7.30 pm / 2.30 pm

Matinees: 21 & 28 June 2:30pm

Preview: 19 June 7:30pm

Accessible Performances

Audio Described performance: 25 June, 7:30 pm

ISL interpreted performance: 26 June, 7.30 pm

Tickets

Matinees & Preview: €18 (incl booking fee)

Performances: €30/24 conc (incl booking fee)

Space

Space Upstairs

Duration

60 mins, no interval

Post-show Discussion
A post-show discussion will take place on Friday 27th June, following the performance.
The discussion will be moderated by playwright Stacey Gregg and will include Director Annabelle Comyn and the cast.

Genres

Theatre

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