Directed by Korinne Ritchey
With Rachel Sacks, Jean Sheikh and Josh Way
With Rachel Sacks, Jean Sheikh and Josh Way
Produced by Cahal Stephens The contemporary Irish play, Terminus by Mark O’Rowe is darkly comical. It consists of three alternating interlocked monologues which tell the story of three characters: an ex-schoolteacher on a good Samaritan crusade; a lonely young woman looking for love; and a killer who sold his soul for a singing voice; during one violent, tender, surrealistic night in Dublin. This play contains descriptions of violence and sex and potentially offensive language Davis Square Theater, 255 Elm St. Somerville MA Friday, September 19, 7 PM Sunday, September 21, 5 PM |
Josh Way
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Terminus premiered at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in 2007. In 2011 it was performed in Boston by the Abbey Theatre as part of a tour to the US, Australia and the UK.
Some Reviews of previous productions of Terminus
Author Mark O’Rowe — presents us with a virtuoso piece of writing delivered, astonishingly, in rhythmic rhyme, not unlike rap but not unlike Shakespeare. It’s like James Joyce in the hands of Eminem.
“… we go, see the slo-mo ebb and flow; the mill, the babble, the rabble of wobbling waywards, exiled and aimless, unlike us as, purposeful and double-file, like kids on a dare, we head who the hell knows where.”
Terminus is thrilling, terrifying theatre at its best. Haunting and provocative, it is shockingly good and should not be missed.
Billy Cantwell, The Irish Echo
…brutal plays that are so packed with energy and verve that they can leave an audience dizzy.
…a dense, musical brand of colloquial poetry that sounds like a mix between Jay-Z and Tom Wolfe on a gonzo riff: “We go, see the slo-mo ebb-and-flow of pub-spill; the mill, the babble, the rabble or wobbling waywards.”
Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
Gritty details, grotesque flourishes and internal rhymes pour from Mark O'Rowe's characters with a velocity to match the ferocity of his narrative in "Terminus," a tale of the seamier sides of Dublin…Poor choices meet good and bad intentions with fatal, fantastical and even Faustian results in the intersecting stories spun by two women and one man.
…surrender to O'Rowe's onrush of metaphor and magic.
Robert Hurwitt, The San Francisco Chronicle
Playwright Mark O’Rowe was born 1970 in Tallaght, a working-class suburb of Dublin. His award winning work includes:
As a playwright:
Some Reviews of previous productions of Terminus
Author Mark O’Rowe — presents us with a virtuoso piece of writing delivered, astonishingly, in rhythmic rhyme, not unlike rap but not unlike Shakespeare. It’s like James Joyce in the hands of Eminem.
“… we go, see the slo-mo ebb and flow; the mill, the babble, the rabble of wobbling waywards, exiled and aimless, unlike us as, purposeful and double-file, like kids on a dare, we head who the hell knows where.”
Terminus is thrilling, terrifying theatre at its best. Haunting and provocative, it is shockingly good and should not be missed.
Billy Cantwell, The Irish Echo
…brutal plays that are so packed with energy and verve that they can leave an audience dizzy.
…a dense, musical brand of colloquial poetry that sounds like a mix between Jay-Z and Tom Wolfe on a gonzo riff: “We go, see the slo-mo ebb-and-flow of pub-spill; the mill, the babble, the rabble or wobbling waywards.”
Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
Gritty details, grotesque flourishes and internal rhymes pour from Mark O'Rowe's characters with a velocity to match the ferocity of his narrative in "Terminus," a tale of the seamier sides of Dublin…Poor choices meet good and bad intentions with fatal, fantastical and even Faustian results in the intersecting stories spun by two women and one man.
…surrender to O'Rowe's onrush of metaphor and magic.
Robert Hurwitt, The San Francisco Chronicle
Playwright Mark O’Rowe was born 1970 in Tallaght, a working-class suburb of Dublin. His award winning work includes:
As a playwright:
- Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award for Best New Play for Howie the Rookie.
- George Devine Award for Best New Play for Howie The Rookie.
- Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Howie the Rookie in 1999.
- Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2008 for Terminus.
- IFTA Award for the Best Screenplay in 2003 for Intermission
