Consumed

Four generations of Northern Irish women, reunited under one roof.

A house full of hungry ghosts, with more than one skeleton in the closet.

Turn off your phones at dinner.

Winner of the Women’s Prize for the Playwriting 2022, Karis Kelly’s play is a pitch-black and twisted comedy of dysfunctional family dynamics, generational trauma and national boundaries.

Consumed is the Belgrade’s third consecutive co-production with Paines Plough, following the hugely successful and award-winning productions of Strategic Love Play and My Mother’s Funeral: The Show, which both opened at the Belgrade before winning Fringe First Awards in Edinburgh, and transferring to London and New York.

Consumed opens at the Belgrade with preview performances, ahead of a run in Edinburgh, and then returns to Coventry for a full week of performances in September.

CAST AND CREATIVES 

Julia Dearden plays Eileen Gillespie 

Caoimhe Farren plays Jenny O’Shea 

Andrea Irvine plays Gilly Gillespie 

Muireann Ní Fhaogáin plays Muireann O’Shea 

Writer – Karis Kelly 

Director – Katie Posner 

Set and Costume Designer – Lily Arnold 

Sound Designer and Composer – Beth Duke 

Lighting Designer – Guy Hoare 

Dramaturg – Suzanne Bell 

Assistant Director – Gina Donnelly 

Movement Consultant – Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster 

Casting Director – Jacob Sparrow 

Company Stage Manager – Amy Bending 

Technical Stage Manager – Will Tucker 

Production Manager – Mark Hartley for TPO Global 

Lighting Programmer – Ariane Nixon 

Wardrobe Supervisor – Naomi Thompson for Belgrade Theatre