If you push too far, secrets will out ...Following the death of her husband, Mairin, an artist and an outsider living in a small coastal village in Northern Ireland, gathers three local women to her house. Each of the women has a reason for being there and a bloody good reason not to be. These women have secrets. This community has secrets. And, as the evening passes, Mairin learns more than she bargained for about the man she had loved. Abbie Spallen's "Strandline" was premiered by Fishamble: The New Play Company at the ...
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If you push too far, secrets will out ...Following the death of her husband, Mairin, an artist and an outsider living in a small coastal village in Northern Ireland, gathers three local women to her house. Each of the women has a reason for being there and a bloody good reason not to be. These women have secrets. This community has secrets. And, as the evening passes, Mairin learns more than she bargained for about the man she had loved. Abbie Spallen's "Strandline" was premiered by Fishamble: The New Play Company at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in November 2009. Abbie Spallen's previous play, "Pumpgirl", was awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn and Stewart Parker awards. 'Writing so sparky and intricately observed, it sometimes seems it might spontaneously combust' - "Guardian".
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