
โA lively innovative piece of writingโ was praise indeed from The (mighty) Scotsman newspaper for Limerick company Tigerโs Eye Theatreโs โPlay on Wordsโ at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017.
โPlay on Wordsโ was written by Tigerโs Niall Carmody. It booked a month at C-Venues Royale in the intense Scottish fest of 80 shows competing on any given day.
Going on the crisp vitality of their promenade staging of โThe Importance of Being Earnestโ at No. 1 Pery Square to fund Edinburgh, this outfit has precocious talent to support collective intellect and drive.
The cast of sisters Eleanor OโBrien and Johanna OโBrien with Patrick Flannery is directed by Shane Hickey-OโMara in this play โwhere language is power and the two women are powerful because of their brilliance with languageโ.
No great joy however, for this Harper and Collins (geddit?) pair imprisoned in a bunker with a bucket of Scrabble letters. Set in a nightmarish world of diminished communication and civilisation, the women are tasked โto reach a quota of words. They are the only people in that society who speak English very wellโ.
Delivered at rapid-fire speed, โthis black comedy, a strange experienceโ has them play games such as hangman, Scrabble tiles and try loads of different ways to inspire this episodic minting of language.
The dull guard has a shneakinโ regard for their wit and they look to intrigue him towards liberty.
Two new scenes have been created for โA Play on Wordsโ that will platform first at Limerick with what reads like a striking, playful political message. Chez le Fab, Arthurโs Quay Park, April 5, 6, 7. Booking at www.limerickfringe.com