Doldrum Bay

Description

A new play by one of Ireland's most astute young writers "This is the problem with love - it is so fucking unpalatable...Every disease I have is caused by love, loving other people too much. Bald, injured, flawed people - you love them and crucify yourself." Francis is so busy promoting his new novel that he hasn't written it yet, while his partner Magda is too busy mourning the death of her dad to notice that Francis is wandering off with the next model sensation - Java. Their friend Chick has been asked to come up with a sexy shout line for the latest recruitment drive by the Christian brothers while his brother, who is also a monk, has been found absconding in an Easter bunny outfit in the local mall. Hilary Fannin's new play is a soul-searching satire on the incongruous lives of twenty- somethings in contemporary Dublin. Doldrum Bay is published to tie in with the Abbey Theatre production at the Peacock in May 2003.

Hilary Fannin (b. 1962) worked for many years as an actress both on stage and in television. A founder member of Wet Paint Arts theatre company, her first play, Mackerel Sky, was performed at the Bush Theatre (1997). She has written two radio plays: Red Feathers, and Dear Exile, both broadcast by BBC Radio 4. Sleeping Around, co-written with Stephen Greenhorn, Abi Morgan and Mark Ravenhill, was produced by Paines Plough, London in 1998, while Red Ball, which was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre's Education and Outreach Department, was performed by the National Association of Youth Drama in 2004. Fannin was joint Writer-in-Association at the Abbey Theatre for the centenary year.