On the Town: A "a dissection of morality" was conducted at the Project, Dublin this week. Michael Craven, director of Edward Albee's The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, said "it's the best of both worlds. It's incredibly funny and extremely sad. It will bring tears to your eyes and make you howl with laughter. That's what drama should do," he claimed before the play began.
Afterwards, talk was about human behaviour, the moral order and boundaries: "I think it's a dissection of morality. It has many echoes of Albee's previous work, particularly Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," said Richard Wakely, an independent theatre and art producer. "It takes an immense amount of courage for actors to do a piece like that," he added.
Shimmy Marcus, whose recently completed film, Headrush, will go on general release shortly, chatted to Doireann Gillan, who is leaving the Project shortly as publicity manager to work in film.
Others who attended the opening night were playwright Arthur Riordan, of Improbable Frequency fame; actor Ruth Negga; Bernard and Ann Murphy, from Blackrock, Co Dublin - the parents of Tadhg Murphy, one of the actors in the play.
Gerry Godley of the Improvised Music Company was preparing to welcome Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava to Vicar Street tomorrow.
Other actors included Owen Roe, Paul Meade, Cathy Belton, who was heading to Belfast the next day to record Cecelia Ahern's PS I Love You for BBC Northern Ireland Radio. Film director Gavin Quinn said his One - Healing with Theatre will be screened during the Diversions Festival this summer in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.
The Goat or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee runs at the Project until Sat, May 28