3AM. Brigid’s phone rings. Her brother Niall is by the river with a plastic bag and lighter fluid.
Little Brother is Eoin McAndrew’s darkly comic new play about sibling love, self-destruction, and what it means to save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.
Set in modern-day Belfast, it asks what happens when the systems designed to help us fall short, and love is doing more heavy lifting than it should.
Directed by Emma Jordan, award-winning Artistic Director of Prime Cut Productions.
Sometimes being there for the people you love is very very very difficult.
Little Brother was selected from 1,700 entries to the Verity Bargate Award, sponsored by Character 7. The award’s main prize is a fully staged production at Soho Theatre. The judging panel, chaired by Character 7’s Stephen Garett, was composed of industry experts: Moira Buffini (Dinner, National Theatre; West End), Anupama Chandrasekhar (Father and the Assassin, National Theatre), Alan Cumming, Anthony Lau and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem.
Captioned Performance by Alex Romeo: Wed 5 Nov, 7pm
Audio Described Performance by Miranda Yates: Thu 6 Nov, 7pm
A look at Little Brother
