thisispopbaby presentsConversations after sex
Written By Mark O’Halloran
WINNER : Best New Play, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2021
'Not to be missed' - ARTS REVIEW
‘Five stars for Mark O’Halloran’s extraordinary new play…Kate Stanley Brennan is sublime’ - THE IRISH TIMES
WINNER : Best New Play, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2021 'Not to be missed' - ARTS REVIEW ‘Five stars for Mark O’Halloran’s extraordinary new play…Kate Stanley Brennan is sublime’ - THE IRISH TIMES
“You remind me of someone though. I mean you’re not like him. Not physically like him. Nowhere near. But there’s something there. Your voice or how you hold yourself. Your hands”
In a series of unexpected and unguarded conversations after anonymous sexual encounters, a woman discovers men with the same deep need to communicate and connect in the lonely, atomised city. Ten years after Trade (Best New Play, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2011), multi award-winning writer Mark O’Halloran, director Tom Creed and THISISPOPBABY reunite for this funny, tender and brutally honest new play.
Funded by the Arts Council with support from Dublin Theatre Festival, Mermaid Arts Centre and Dublin City Council.
Written by
Mark O’Halloran
Directed by
Tom Creed
Performed by
Kate Stanley Brennan, Fionn Ó Loingsigh (Walton), Clelia Murphy
Set & Costume Design
Sarah Bacon
Lighting Design
Sarah Jane Shiels
Music Composition
Emma O’Halloran
Sound Design
Ivan Birthistle
Movement & Intimacy Director
Sue Mythen
Assistant Director
John King
Stage Manager
Olivia Drennan
Production Manager
Adam Fitzsimons
Chief LX
Sarah Timmons
Producer
Carla Rogers
Producing & Marketing Assistant
Emily Brennan
Producing Intern
Kaileigh Powell
CREDITS
PREVIOUS TOUR DATES
1 & 2 Oct 2021
Mermaid Arts Centre
7–17 Oct 2021
Project Arts Centre
22 Feb – 11 Mar 2023
Irish Arts Center, New York
19-22 Apr 2023
Project Arts Centre
3-5 May 2023
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
9 May 2023
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
13 May 2023
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
16 & 17 May 2023
The Everyman, Cork
‘Five stars for Mark O’Halloran’s extraordinary new play…Kate Stanley Brennan is sublime’
IRISH TIMES‘A portrayal of grief that is unforgettable in its rawness’
the guardian
‘At all times Conversations After Sex is a marvellous piece of theatre, beautifully directed, with a cast to die for. Not to be missed.’
THE ARTS REVIEW