NO ROMANCE: A Desperate Business

Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Monday 24th February - Saturday 15th March

“Why all of a sudden does everybody have to know everything about each other? When did we decide that unless we divulge every stupid thought we have, every minute of the day, that we’re not living a proper life?”

A funeral home in Dublin. Carmel and Joe have arrived early to Joe’s mother’s wake. After twenty-four years together, they think they know each other inside out. But while they’re here to bury their dead, they begin to uncover secrets, lies and fantasises that they’ve kept hidden from each other.

Are we entitled to our own private life, secret even from those closest to us? Or in this age of curated online lives and fake news, is honesty all we have?

‘No Romance’ by Nancy Harris was originally staged as a play in three acts at The Peacock Theatre in 2011. This, the second act, offers an uncanny meditation on how technology, spirituality and the economy was shaping and continues to shape modern love.


Date:
Monday 24th February - Saturday 15th March
Time:
1.00pm (Soirée show 7pm March 7th)
Price:
€10 - €15
Address:
Bewleys Cafe Theatre, Bewley's Cafe, Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

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