The Five Lamps Arts Festival and Co-Motion Media present the new stage work by Roddy Doyle, first presented at the Five Lamps Arts Festival in April 2023. The show is an adaptation from the Life Without Children collection by Roddy Doyle published in 2021.
Adapted and Directed by Joe O’Byrne, and starring Eoin O’Sullivan, the story takes place after the beginning of the Covid lockdown, following a man who makes the irrational decision to come to Dublin to look for his son, who he has not seen in four years. His search takes him on an odyssey through inner city Dublin, and small acts of kindness light up his search as he hopes to find his son in the deserted city.
The story is a gentle hymn to the inner city, and as in all of Roddy Doyle’s writing about Dublin, his stories explore the humour and emotions of people on the edge, but despite this The Five Lamps becomes a truly life-affirming story.
SHOW INFORMATION
The Lark Theatre, Balbriggan
Thursday 29th February – 8pm
Saturday 2nd March – 8pm
www.thelark.ie
Book tickets – 29/02/24
Book tickets – 02/03/24
The Civic, Tallaght
Tuesday 12 th March – 8pm
Wednesday 13 th March – 8pm
Thursday 14 th March – 8pm
www.civictheatre.ie
Book tickets – 12, 13 or 14 March 2024
Liberty Hall, Dublin
Friday 22nd March – 8pm
Saturday 23 rd March – 2h30pm and 8pm
Book tickets – 22 or 23 March 2024
