Theatre: Wasted at Nun’s Island Theatre, Galway

The New York Times described Tempest’s trademark lyrical ferocity as if “you had a state-of-the-art Blu-Ray player stuffed in your brain”. Director of Wasted Mairéad Folan describes the production “as a hybrid of Skins and The Peep Show.” Wasted’s theme of hitting disillusionment with adulthood after the hedonistic freedoms of adolescence makes it an ideal production for NoRopes, focussing on new productions of innovative and little known dramatic works, and will bring its audience members both young and old, through a rollercoaster of emotions and memories of their younger years or present situation.

Wasted features NoRopes newcomers Cormac Culkeen (Closer) and Adrian Lavelle (Hans Christian Agus A Chairde) along with NoRopes veteran Deirdre Bhreatnach (Carnevil). The creative team includes: Matt Burke (lighting design), Bryan Rabbitte (sound design), Clarissa Finnerty (costume design) and Siobhra Ní Chianain (stage manager).

NoRopes is a young, Galway based theatre company, whose aim is to challenge our understanding of societal boundaries through the production of innovative and little known dramatic works. The company debuted in August of 2015 with the late Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s The Open Couple and was met with a warm welcome to the stage and a sold out debut in Galway City. This led to another sold out run of the production early 2016. NoRopes returned to the Galway stage by staging a thrilling work in progress of Wasted, British performance poet and rapper Kate Tempest’s debut play, as part of Galway Theatre Festival 2016. The work in progress explored the use of surround sound in a theatre environment.