A world premiere production, The Lunch Punch Power Hour in Conference Room 4 is written by Caitríona Daly and directed by Raymond Keane. 

In the Irish offices of a fund management firm, three employees have the duration of their lunch hour to determine how best to spend the balance of their company’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility budget.

Behind a locked door and out of sight of management, the task escalates into an increasingly outlandish and hilarious debate revealing secret passions and uncomfortable truths.

In this bizarre, humorous and insightful new play, Caitríona Daly explores power structures, escapism and resistance. 

Find out more about the other plays which are part of our 2025 programme here.

Caitríona Daly  

Caitríona Daly is a playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. She was the eighth recipient of the Irish Theatre Institute’s Phelim Donlon Bursary and Residency Award. She has also received Writer’s Guild of Ireland Awards for Best Theatre Script for her play Duck Duck Goose which was produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company in 2021; and for Best Continuing Drama Script for her work on the BBC Drama Doctors in 2024. Her plays Test Dummy and Normal have previously been nominated for an Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best New Play and The Fishamble New Writing Prize, respectively. When not writing, she teaches creative writing, script writing and drama all over the country. Her work has been translated and produced internationally.