The Boy: A Two-Play Theatrical Event (Abbey Theatre)

Written by Marina Carr and directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, The Boy: A Two-Play Theatrical Event brings a contemporary Irish lens to the pain and beauty of Sophocles’ Theban trilogy of Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.

Please secure your ticket online or at the Abbey Theatre box office. Welcome to add your seat number to the comments so others can secure adjacent seats. Propose group meet at the upstairs Abbey bar before the show.

Play one is called The Boy and explores the events of Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus. We meet Oedipus and his family at the height of their powers, but things begin to unravel as dark secrets come to the surface.

Play two is called The God and His Daughter and explores the consequences that continue into the next generation. It focuses on Oedipus’ daughter, Antigone, and concludes the Theban Trilogy.

Cast includes Frank Blake and Eileen Walsh, with further cast to be announced soon.