This is Our Youth

This Is Our Youth

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

Directed by Jimmy Fay

 

Cast: Conor Madden, Charlie Murphy, Ciaran O’Brien

 

Set Design Paul O’Mahony Sound Design Vincent Doherty Costume Design Sarah Holland Lighting Design Kevin Treacy

 

 

What the press said…

‘*****5 stars…The different relationships which pulse and swirl around the tiny flat are realised with absolute conviction by the ensemble cast.’ Helen Boylan, Sunday Business Post

‘****4 stars…stellar cast.’ Darragh Reddin, Metro

‘Conor Madden, Charlie Murphy and Ciarán O’Brien…real depth…courageous performances.’ Sarah Keating, Irish Times

‘Conor Madden as Dennis, and Charlie Murphy as Jessica both do extraordinarily well. His [Ciarán O’Brien as Dennis] lonely angst crawls into your stomach and ties it in knots, while he manages a technical stillness, where required, that is truly remarkable.’ Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent

‘…lively, bruising…very funny dialogue.’ Michael Moffatt, Daily Mail

‘…it’s a hoot: you should, like, totally check it out.’ Irish Times blog

 

Blurb

This Is Our Youth journeys through 48 hours of this amoral landscape with the first batch of young adults of the 80’s slacker generation. Simultaneously witty and lacerating, it explores the desolate, dead-end universe of young Manhattanites with rich parents and no direction. This Is Our Youth unfailingly exposes the narcissism and vulnerability of this urban tribe.

 

Kenneth Lonergan (Gangs of New York, You Can Count on Me, Analyze This), this is a deeply touching, witty and devastating portrait of three rich-kid Manhattanites, whose self-abusive and patternless lives signal the start of a malaise we are only now seeing the fall-out from - the belief that greed is good and a quick-fix is always the answer.