Verdant Productions, Ireland
The Blackwater Lightship
by Colm Tóibín Adapted & directed for the stage by David Horan
World Premiere of Colm Tóibín’s piercing novel about a broken family, making a family of your own and the cost of caring for each other.
“When I was young, lying in bed, I used to believe that Tuskar was a man and the Blackwater Lightship was a woman and they were both sending signals to each other and to other lighthouses, like mating calls.”
It’s 90s Ireland and HIV/AIDS is still a terminal diagnosis. A sister, a mother and a grandmother, along with two gay friends, have come together to tend to 29-year-old Declan, who has the disease. Can this makeshift family unit face up to the illness and each other?
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Funded by the Arts Council | An
Chomhairle Ealaíon
Venue
Preview(s)
27-28 Sept
Date(s)
27 & 28 Sept. 7.30pm
29 & 30 Sept. 7.30pm
1 Oct. 2.30pm & 7.30pm
2 Oct. 2.30pm
Audio Described Performance
with Touch Tour:
2 Oct. 2.30pm
Tickets
€16 - €46
Duration
2 hrs.15 mins.approx., incl. interval
Talking Theatre
1 Oct, post-show (7.30pm)
With David Horan and members of the company.
With the support of

