I am sitting in Smock Alley Theatre fifteen minutes early for Margaret Perry’s play, Collapsible. I am trying to read the Dublin Fringe Festival information booklet, but I cannot concentrate. I am distracted by Essie (Breffni Holahan), the subject of …
Dublin Fringe
Afloat review: Drowning in denial
Amidst mass strikes against climate change, Lauren Boland reviews Afloat in Smock Alley Theatre
Hildegard Ryan and Eva O’Connor’s Afloat does not pull any punches. Instead, it pulls up a proverbial mirror which forces the audience to confront the most insidious barrier to action against climate change: denial.
Best friends Bláthnaid (Eva O’Connor) and …