An Abbey Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East co-production in association with National Theatre of Scotland and Covent Garden Productions
Room
24 June - 22 July 2017
Booking Information
Dates: 23 June – 22 July
On the Abbey stage
Free First Preview: 23 June
Preview: 24 June
Times: Mon – Sat 7.30pm, Matinees Sat 2pm
Tickets: €13 – €45 / Conc. €13 – €25
To book for a group of 6+ call (01) 87 97 266
Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 13 July, 7:30pm
Audio-described and captioned performance: Saturday 22 July, 2:00pm
A new stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s international bestselling novel, Room, with a haunting score by Kathryn Joseph and Cora Bissett.
Previously adapted for the screen by Donoghue, the film won Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTAs.
Kidnapped as a teenage girl, Ma has been locked inside a purpose built room in her captor’s garden for seven years. Her five year old son, Jack, has no concept of the world outside and happily exists inside Room with the help of Ma’s games and his vivid imagination where objects like Rug, Lamp and TV are his only friends. But for Ma the time has come to escape and face their biggest challenge to date: the world outside Room.
Reviews
★★★★
'Emma Donoghue’s story of survival is ingeniously staged'
The Guardian
Trailer
Meet the Cast
Podcast
Writer Emma Donoghue talks with Lisa Farrelly about adapting Room for the stage, the life of the mind and the thrill of collaboration.
Credits
- Grandpa / Doctor: Stephen Casey
- Little Jack: Darmani Eboji
- Little Jack: Taye Kassim Junaid-Evans
- Policewoman / Interviewer: Janet Kumah
- Big Jack: Fela Lufadeju
- Old Nick: Liam McKenna
- Grandma: Lucy Tregear
- Ma: Witney White
- Little Jack: Harrison Wilding
- Writer: Emma Donoghue
- Music & Lyrics: Cora Bissett
- Music & Lyrics: Kathryn Joseph
- Director: Cora Bissett
- Designer: Lily Arnold
- Musical Director: Gavin Whitworth
- Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
- Puppet Designer: David Cauchi
- Video Projection Designer: Andrzej Goulding
