Multi-award winning Irish play HEAVEN makes London debut following sellout run at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.
Olivier Award and quadruple Fringe First-winning Irish theatre company Fishamble bring HEAVEN to Southwark Playhouse Borough for its London premiere. Winner of the Irish Times Best New Play Award 2023 and a prestigious Fringe First Award, HEAVEN is written by Eugene O’Brien and directed by Fishamble artistic director Jim Culleton.
Set in County Offaly in the Irish midlands, HEAVEN sees 20-year married couple, Mairead and Mal, find themselves at something of a crossroads, struggling to keep their relationship together and each with secrets they haven’t told the other. Returning to Mairead’s hometown for a family wedding, they each find themselves facing old temptations, and questions that are difficult to answer.
Poignant, beautiful writing provides a snapshot into the relationship between two adults who have shared a life, a child and all that comes with it - but haven’t yet shared all of themselves. Separated on stage, two intersecting monologues conjure a vivid picture of a weekend where everything comes to the surface.
HEAVEN stars Andrew Bennett (part of 2023 Oscar-nominated AN CAILÍN CIÚIN/THE QUIET GIRL) and Janet Moran (Best Actress - Irish Times Theatre Awards for HEAVEN, most recently on screen in BAFTA Nominated The Dry).
Following its run at Southwark Playhouse Borough, HEAVEN plays at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday 25 February - Saturday 1 March 2025. Tickets available at www.traverse.co.uk.
Listings
Date: 5 February 2025 -22 February 2025
Venue: Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Running Time: 90 mins
Prices: £22 Standard / £17.50 Concessions / Preview £16 / Pioneers' Preview (2 Feb) £10
Tickets: Heaven - Southwark Playhouse Borough