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What started as a play with a cast of ten was condensed down into a one person show in 2024 during my time with Tinderbox’s Incubate.

That’s not to say that the message of the play changed - the issue of women and girls’ safety in public spaces, but it became fully charged, and heightened. I began to understand what I was trying to articulate clearer than ever before.

Being awarded the inaugural Lady Gregory bursary for Playwrights from the Abbey Theatre for a draft of the script only foregrounded my belief that this was a story that needed to be on stage.

behind the scenes rehearsal

Working with SkelpieLimmer; Gina Donnelly and Seón Simpson on this project has propelled the show beyond what I thought was possible to achieve.

Following a sharing at “Front & Centre; Symposium for Women and Non-Binary Playwrights” we have worked extensively on scheduling a tour for 26/27.

Starring Vicky Allen and Annie McIlwaine, this is surely one not to miss.