Dublin Fringe Festival presents
Collapsible
17 - 21 September 2019
By Margaret Perry
Booking Information
Dates: 17 – 21 September
On the Peacock Stage
Preview: 17 September
Times: 1pm, 6.30pm, 9.15pm Sat matinee 3.30pm
Tickets: €16 – €14 Conc. / Preview €11
Running Time: 1 hour
To book for a group of 6+ call (01) 87 97 266
‘I’ll tell you what I really want. I want to jump clean out of my brain.’
Essie’s lost her job. Her girlfriend’s left. But she’s alright. Except lately, she feels more like a chair than a person. One of those folding chairs. Solid one minute. And then.
A funny, furious, form-busting new monologue from the writer of Porcelain Margaret Perry, performed by Breffni Holahan about holding on in this collapsing world — for anyone who has ever felt crumbly.
Winner of The Stage Edinburgh Award – Breffni Holahan
Reviews
★★★★
'Thomas Martin’s graceful direction complements Alison Neighbour’s fractured set as we watch Essie fall apart... a modern Beckettian cry for help.’
The Guardian
★★★★
'Hypnotically performed...The writing is luminescent and often startling.’
The Stage
★★★★
'The calibre of writing is remarkable...a stellar performance from Holahan’
EdFestMag
© Holly Revell
Credits
- Essie: Breffni Holahan
- Writer: Margaret Perry
- Director: Thomas Martin
- Set and Costume Designer: Alison Neighbour
- Lighting Designer: Alex Fernandes
- Sound Designer: Jon Mcleod
- Produced by: Ellie Keel in an original co-production with HighTide
- Associate Producers: Jennifer Lunn and Gabrielle Leadbeater
- Graphic Design: Martha Hegarty and Bronwen Sharp
