Little Gem
Little Gem (Comedy Drama) at Everyman Palace Theatre, Tuesday 8th June to Saturday 19th June at 8pm
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Don't miss you're chance to see this sensational award-winning hit play by acclaimed young Irish writer, Elaine Murphy.
Love, sex, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey.
An extraordinary year of courage, comedy and romance in the award-winning hit of the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival.
Kay’s got an itch that Gem can’t scratch (but maybe Kermit can) … Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist … Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the Sambucas aren’t getting rid of it. And then there’s Paul, the bollix, who is just using Amber until he can get to Australia … the hairy man who fancies Lorraine but fails to rise to the occasion … and Gem who doesn’t like the neighbours coming in to ‘mind’ him. If all that wasn’t bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and life is never the same again.Presented by Guna Nua & Civic Theatre | Written by Elaine Murphy | Directed by Paul Meade | Starring Amelia Crowley, Sarah Greene and Anita Reeves
Tickets: €25 / €20 conc. €15 opening night; €7 students (Mon-Wed)
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
*****
...Elaine Murphy has announced herself to be a female challenger to Conor McPherson ... Little Gem will undoubtedly travel the English speaking world, and as it does so will proclaim Elaine Murphy one of the most promising new playwrights around - Philip FisherWINNER: CAROL TAMBOR BEST OF EDINBURGH AWARD – EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009
Winner: Best Theatre Script, Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild 2009 | Winner: Fishamble Award Best New Irish Writing, Dublin Fringe Festival 08
Winner: Best Female Performance, Dublin Fringe Festival 08 | Winner: BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award in association with the Stewart Parker Trust
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
An impressive debut quite wonderfully acted by a perfectly cast trio
THE SUNDAY TIMES
Hilarious- all three actors are superb
THE GUARDIAN
****
This is a play that, like its characters, gurgles and giggles with life even in the face of death. Murphy and her brilliant cast make us care about every breath these women take, and make you want to hug them - Lyn Gardner
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Intimately told and beautifully acted
TIME OUT LONDON
* * * * *
An emotive booze up of sorrow, precarious joy and inappropriate laughter
THE HERALD
* * * *
This remarkable first play by Irish dramatist Elaine Murphy leaves you feeling better about life when you leave the theatre than you did when you entered