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A Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and Women’s Prize for Playwriting production, in association with the Lyric Belfast.

Consumed

Wed 3 to Sat 6 Sep 2025

A 90th birthday party that no-one seems to want.

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 Playwriting 2022, Karis Kelly’s play is a pitch-black and twisted tale 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.