A taut two-world thriller exploring migration, loyalty, and the long reach of organised crime comes to Limerick this month
BELLTABLE plays host to Kingdom, a compelling new Irish drama, on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 April, promising audiences a visceral journey through the criminal underworlds of Dublin and New York City.
The production traces the fortunes of a ruthless Irish crime family whose grip on Dublin’s backstreets extends far beyond the city’s borders. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, a group of recent Irish emigrants arrives in New York hoping to build new lives — only to find themselves drawn unwittingly into the same criminal web they left behind.
As the two storylines converge, long-buried secrets begin to surface. Loyalties fracture, histories collide, and the characters are forced to reckon with ties of blood and betrayal that no ocean could sever. The drama builds to a tense, emotionally charged reckoning as past and present prove impossible to disentangle.
Kingdom is a character-driven piece at its core, using the backdrop of organised crime to explore profoundly human questions: how far will people go to protect their own, and how much of ourselves do we carry with us when we leave home? In weaving together the experiences of those who stayed and those who emigrated, the production taps into themes that resonate deeply in the Irish experience — displacement, survival, and the enduring pull of where we come from.
The production runs at Belltable on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 April.