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Orphans
by Lyle Kesller
Alchemy 8 & Breaking Good Productions
The New Theatre
The New Theatre, Dublin
16th-28th February 2015
Lighting and Sound Designer
David Doyle
Director
Geraldine McAlinden
Executive Producer
Lisa McNamee
Set Design
Bosco Dillon
The play that counts Tom Waits and Lou Reed amongst its biggest fans, Orphans is the tale of two nearly feral brothers and the mysterious businessman they kidnap. Orphans has been described as being theatre for the senses and emotions. It is a play full of humour and pathos, in which each of the characters is searching for human connection and their place in the world. The play premiered in 1983 at The Matrix Theatre Company in Los Angeles, where it received critical and commercial success and won the prestigious Drama-Logue Award.
"The lighting, especially the small street light idea outside the window of the house, gives the impression of everything closing in at times, adding to the claustrophobic atmosphere, while the effect of the flickering TV is spot on from lighting designer David Doyle"
Red Curtain Review
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