The New Theatre
New Writing Week - Esmeralda
The New Theatre - Helen Casey
It is May 2021. The intercountry travel ban has been lifted and Ireland is on the move. Brid, Caitriona and Nuala, one time school friends, now middle aged, have arranged to meet at Nuala’s house for a trip down memory lane, only Nuala fails to appear, a stranger turns up on a bicycle and memory lane becomes a dark cul-de-sac all wish to exit. Esmerelda is a play about the power of choice in women’s lives and the powerlessness of women when faced with choice. It is a play about motherhood, mothering and motherlessness and of course there’s Esmerelda, never seen, never heard; no more than a word whispered repeatedly by Catriona……..
