Citizenship

Sun May 9th, 2.30pm

A play about gay and lesbian young people - work in progress

Show Reviews

"One of the festival's innovations was to bring theatre to The George and I was amongst a large crowd that sat in silence for almost three and a half hours on a Sunday afternoon to hear staged readings of top British gay playwright Mark Ravenhill's work in progress 'Citizenship'. This piece deals with coming out, peer pressure, teenage experimentation, pregnancy and was presented with great skill by Crooked House Theatre Company - a youth theatre group from Kildare . Neil Connolly gave a tour de force in the leading role - with a multitude of talent in supporting roles giving life to this play for over 75 minutes. In fact the standard of acting by young practitioners in the festival has been very high and augurs well for its future development. The after play discussion, in the presence of Director Peter Hussey was revealing and insightful and Hussey will present the views expressed to Ravenhill as he progresses this work further. Plaudits go to actors Connolly, Ian Holinshead, Des Phillips, Aoife Whelan, Gillian Lynch, Treenie Curran and Laura McGann." - Gordon Farrell, Scene City - June 2004