Two sisters, one last drink. In the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises Claire that after four cans of lager she will go to the dry house to get sober. Does she mean it this time?
Profoundly moving and darkly comic… Follow the sisters’ fractured relationship as they navigate addiction and grief.
An emotionally searing new family drama about love, loss and the immense redemptive power of hope.
Hekerua Bay Productions (who brought you WINK in 2024) presents the NZ premiere of the acclaimed show with a stellar local cast.
Playwright Eugene O’Hare is an Irish actor and writer. His debut full-length plays, Sydney & the Old Girl and The Weatherman, premiered to critical & public acclaim at the Park Theatre in 2019. His third full-length play, The Dry House, opened at the Marylebone Theatre in London in 2023. Commissioned work includes Hospital Food for the National Theatre Connections Festival. He has written short stories for BBC Radio 4- most recently The Poet and The Man and the Echo read by Caitríona Balfe. He is currently commissioned by ITV and is in active development on projects for film. He was shortlisted for the 2021 poetry prize at Belfast Book Festival and the 2022 Fish Poetry Prize. He is working towards a first collection.
THE DRY HOUSE
- DATE04 – 15 NOV, 7:30PM
- VENUETHEATRE
- RUNTIME90 MINS
- PRICE$27-$39