My Name is Saoirse

Join us for a fun and inspiring evening of theatre, discussion and solidarity. The award-winning play My Name is Saoirse will be followed by a panel discussion with writer and performer Eva O'Connor, Eve & Anna of SisterSupporter, Mara Clarke of Abortion Support Network, and Barbara Davidson of London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign.

All proceeds will be shared between Abortion Support Network (asn.org.uk) and the Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment (repealeight.ie).

Tickets: £7 (link above)
Show: 7.30pm
Panel DIscussion: 9.00pm
Address: Stockwell Playhouse (previously Lost Theatre), 208 Wandsworth Rd, London SW8 2JU
Tube: Stockwell

My Name is Saoirse
written and performed by Eva O'Connor
directed by Hildegard Ryan

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Winner
First Fortnight Award, Dublin Fringe 2014
Argus Angel Award, Brighton Fringe 2015
Best Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe 2017

Nominated
Fishamble Award for Best New Writing 2014
Best Performer Dublin Fringe 2014

Rural Ireland, 1987. Saoirse lives in a peach coloured bungalow with her Da and big brother Brendan. Her best friend is Siobhán, who has a glorious fountain of ginger hair, a whisper like a foghorn and an arse so big it distracts all the men at mass. Saoirse prefers running through fields to chasing after boys, but her best friend has other ideas. After a night out drinking with the lads, Saoirse discovers her pregnancy and is forced to set out on journey that will take her miles away from her home and the carefree adolescence she once knew.

The piece is a tender and moving coming of age story that follows Saoirse, an ordinary, extraordinary 15 year old growing up in conservative Catholic Ireland.