A WHISTLE IN THE DARK
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March 23 – May 14, 2006
written by Tom Murphy directed by Jeff Christian Michael Carney has emigrated from Mayo to Coventry, England - hoping to leave his past behind in his homeland. Despite modest ambitions for a decent job and respectable family, he is relentlessly pursued by a past that is both the flesh of his own family and the soured spirit of a haunted, marginalised people. With tragic inevitability, the impossibility of escape from his own dark history becomes all too obvious.
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An astoundingly powerful piece of work... So explosive it’s a wonder that the walls are still intact. It’s a tribute to both the raw poetic dynamism of Murphy’s dialogue and the stellar performances of the ensemble” |
Terrific acting. Christian’s cast charges right into the mayhem. Kishline’s foul-tempered, macho patriarch fulminates ... Goss’ decent, ineffectual Michael dams himself up... But the big kudo goes to Waller for his meaner-than-life Harry, a muscular lout of such constipated machismo his bitterness against anyone successful is frightening to behold.” |
Then there were shows so life-like audiences could feel they were eavesdropping, that the slightest noise might give them away (the you-could-hear-a-pin-drop standard that should be aimed at more often). Seanachaí’s A WHISTLE IN THE DARK was combustibly authentic in its depiction of an Irish family where |
