Poison directed by Lianne O'Shea

When what is unspoken matters as much as what is said, a man and a woman meet again after nine years apart. Reunited by the memory of the child they lost, they are forced to confront grief, love and the possibility of living. Is it possible to move on?

In Poison, acclaimed Dutch playwright Lot Vekemans crafts a powerful, intimate portrait of two people both broken and bound by loss, and by all that remains unspoken between them. 

Naoise Dunbar and Rachel O’Byrne star in this Irish premiere of Poison, directed by Lianne O’Shea.

Following its world premiere in Belgium, Poison had its English-language premiere in an acclaimed production at the Beckett Theatre in New York. It was a New York Times’s Critic’s Pick, which Broadway World called ‘truly astounding’

The work of the award-winning playwright Lot Vekemans has been translated into twenty-two languages and performed in more than thirty-five countries, making her the most performed Dutch playwright internationally.

‘The beautiful thing about spoken language is that it both reveals what you want to say and what you do not want to say.’ Lot Vekemans, playwright

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Content Advisory: references to parental bereavement, substance abuse, and suicide.

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By Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by Lianne O’Shea
Cast: Naoise Dunbar & Rachel O’Byrne
Set & Costume Design: Sarah Bacon
Lighting Design: Suzie Cummins
Sound Design: Aoife Kavanagh
Stage Manager: Síle Mahon
Assistant Stage Manager / Wardrobe Assistant: Amélie Bates
Production Manager: Olivia Drennan
Company Manager: Morgan Steele
Producers: Miles Harrigan, Once Off Productions
Photo by Marcin Lewandowski
Graphic Design by Martha Hegarty

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Poison is funded by the Arts Council, with support from the Abbey Theatre, Kildare County Council, and Riverbank Arts Centre.