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 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
