The Seafarer by Conor McPherson

On Christmas Eve, Sharky returns to Dublin to care for his blind brother, Richard. As the brothers drift through the night in their rundown home, they are joined by local drinking companions Ivan and Nicky, along with a mysterious newcomer, Mr Lockhart. As the whiskey flows and old resentments resurface, a seemingly harmless game of cards takes a sinister turn. By morning, the stakes will prove far greater than anyone could have imagined.
Darkly comic, haunting, and deeply moving, The Seafarer is a gripping tale of family, friendship, redemption, and the ghosts we cannot escape. A modern Irish classic from one of Ireland's finest storytellers.
“A powerful, darkly funny evening of proper Irish storytelling… it’s raw, honest and packed with the kind of dialogue and warmth that feels instantly familiar to anyone from home… well worth seeing.”
London Irish
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“An excellent cast does justice to McPherson’s script...the dialogue flows as smoothly as the whiskey, full of Irishisms and rhythm.”
Everything Theatre
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Beautifully observed and nuanced… The cast is of a uniformly high quality... Not a glance, a sigh, an exclamation or intonation of voice is wasted…"
Mark Aspen
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Ian Higham’s direction is crisp and taut, with the dialogue crackling along… “
Mark Aspen
Cast & Creatives:
Written by Conor McPherson
Directed by Ian Higham
Produced by The Colour Noise
James ‘Sharky’ Harkin ~ Eugene Duffy
Richard Harkin ~ Ian Cooke
Ivan Curry ~ James Ross Turner
Nicky Giblin ~ Nick Thomas
Mr Lockhart ~ Matthew Flexman