Asking for It (stage version)
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 7M, 5F
- ISBN: 9781848428201
This stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel, Asking for It, shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed for ever by a horrific act of violence.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
One night in a small town in County Cork, where everyone knows everyone, things spiral terrifyingly out of control. What will happen now to Emma? To her family? To the others?
This stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel, Asking for It, shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed for ever by a horrific act of violence.
Adapted by Meadhbh McHugh, in collaboration with its director Annabelle Comyn, the play premiered at the Everyman, Cork, in June 2018, before transferring to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. It was produced by Landmark Productions and the Everyman, in association with the Abbey Theatre.
REVIEWS:
"With a script by Meadhbh McHugh that is sharp and also very funny, Asking for It not only stays faithful to the novel, it goes further, raising it up to heaven and down to hell, too. It is worth the hype."
Irish Independent
"Powerful, provocative, hard-hitting, shocking… a sharply observed and at times wincingly true-to-life portrayal of a family and its disintegration… funny, infuriating and unbearably sad."
Irish Examiner
Premiere Production:
Everyman Theatre, Cork, & Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2018
Characters
- Casting: 7M, 5F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, Good role(s) for younger performers
- Casting Notes: Plus voice-overs
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