For the 2021 National Youth Theatre, Artistic Director Veronica Coburn and playwright Ciara Elizabeth Smyth have worked with an ensemble cast of sixteen young actors and six young designers from youth theatres across Ireland over the last eighteen months to create a new play about power and chaos.

Ireland has a new government, filled with young, righteous, left-leaning politicians. Its Health and Wellness Act, hurriedly signed into law just one year ago, has made it illegal to possess or consume unhealthy food or ‘junk’, but ‘Junk Advocates’ are on the rise and are openly protesting.

Eadie Birch’s world is upended when her sister Lila, a popular Junk Advocate, goes missing under suspicious circumstances. So when Eadie sees an opportunity to get close to high-ranking Government officials, she takes it. Can she find out what happened to her sister, or will the same fate befall her?

Aftertaste is a new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth that offers a theatrical exploration into a world full of chaos, violence and greed. Combining the best work from the creative team and film company Big O, this new piece will be streamed online.

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