Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons’
Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons’
Written by Wajdi Mouawad & translated by Shelley Tepperman
Directed by Jason Byrne
Cast: Nazha Caitríona Ní Mhurchú Neel Gerard Kelly Nelly Nyree Yergainharsian Souhayla Louise Lewis Neyif Phil Kingston Sheep/Foreign Gentleman Conor Madden
Designer Paul O’Mahony Costume Design Catherine Fay Lighting Design Sinead Wallace Sound Designers Vincent Doherty & Ivan Birthistle Choreographer Ella Clarke
What the press said…
****4stars “[Nyree Yergainharsian’s monologue about war’s sickening beauty is dynamite…” Lucy White, Metro
“…part horror story, part absurd comedy…a shell-shocked dream…from the theatre of war.” Peter Crawley, Irish Times
“And what’s the verdict. I hear you ask? A grand total of 9 out of 4 stars!” Michael Heraclitus, Oxygen online
Blurb
In an apartment in a war-torn city in the Middle East, a family is having a wedding party. It should be one of the happiest days in their lives.
However, the bride is narcoleptic. The mother and father keep fighting. The neighbour keeps bringing in food. The teenage brother’s hobby is identifying incoming missiles from their sound. The electricity keeps going off. The mutton for the feast is standing on the landing, going ‘baa’.
One last thing; the bride isn’t engaged to anyone. But that’s the least of their problems.
