Alyson Cummins,
Set Design
Written by Joanne Ryan
Directed by Sarah Jane Scaife
With Pom Boyd and Karen McCartney
Award-winning playwright Joanne Ryan makes her US debut with a deeply personal, funny, and life-affirming new play that explores the disruptive roller coaster of living with bipolar disorder.
When an anxious, retired mother has construction work done on her house, she temporarily moves in with her daughter. Stuck together in a studio apartment, they are forced to face the complex nature of an adult child struggling to cope with a parent's mental illness.
In Two Minds finds insight in the darkness, humor in the unexpected, and tenderness during difficult family dynamics.
Fishamble discovers, develops and produces new plays of national importance with a global reach. It has toured its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and to 20 other countries. It champions the role of the playwright, typically supporting over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble has received many awards in Ireland and internationally, including an Olivier Award.
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★★★★★ "It’s human. It’s for everyone. It is brittle, brutal, loving and forgiving." – British Theatre Guide
★★★★ "The early gentleness of this play is what makes it so disarming" – BroadwayWorld
★★★★ "Vivid, heartfelt and sometimes beautiful… stunning performance" – The Scotsman
★★★★ "Script and performances take flight in a production that inventively exposes the light and dark, the exhilaration and frustrations of living with bipolar disorder" – The Irish Times