From a Low and Quiet Sea comes to Watergate in Kilkenny
Decadent Theatre Company and Galway Arts Centre bring From a Low and Quiet Sea to the Watergate Theatre on June 1.
Adapted for the stage from Donal Ryan’s Booker Prize nominated novel, the drama comes to Kilkenny as part of a major 18-venue tour crisscrossing Ireland in May and June.
The world premiere production in the 2022 Galway International Arts Festival garnered positive critical praise.
From a Low and Quiet Sea is a carefully crafted portrait of the intersecting lives of four characters, each searching for a version of home.
From war–torn Syria to small–town Ireland, they are scarred by all they have loved and lost and are drawn towards a powerful reckoning that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.
For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter from the war. If they stay, they will lose their freedom. If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for a faraway land across the merciless sea.
The adaptation of Ryan’s acclaimed novel is a collaboration between the author, the original cast and Decadent Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Andrew Flynn, who also directs.
Aosaf Afzal [Farouk] and Darragh O’Toole [Lampy] will reprise their roles from last year’s production.
Denis Conway, recently seen in Hangmen, has joined the cast as John and Eva Bartley will play Florence.
Both natives of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Andrew Flynn and Donal Ryan have form as creativ collaborators. Flynn, along with Jarlath Tivnan, adapted Ryan’s novel, The Thing About December, for the stage in 2019.
The play will be performed at the Watergate on June 1.