**** The Arts Review ‘ ..the delicious, comic chemistry between O’Rourke and Sheehy and The Empty Nest proves to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience.’
The Empty Nest
By Oisín Flores Sweeney.
Directed by Geoff Gould
Starring Seamus O’Rourke & Joan Sheehy
We are delighted to welcome The Empty Nest back to The Viking after a sellout run in November.
Tony and Sheila are watching television, again. Their children are grown and their grandchildren are invading their lives. Sheila wants to travel; Tony is determined to stay put. Tony is on a new diet; Sheila could cut you in two with a sharp comment. All that is on the television is sex... and they can’t remember when they did it last!
Oisín Flores Sweeney’s first full play is an hilarious piece of theatre that looks at how couples negotiate life after the kids leave, their dreams, disappointments, longings and uncompromising opinions on everything - Gogglebox on speed! The Empty Nest is written by emerging Irish playwright Oisín Flores Sweeney. It debuted at Smock Alley as a work-in-progress as part of the Scene + Heard Festival of New Work, before running at Cork Arts Theatre for a week and then a sell out run for three weeks at The Viking Theatre Clontarf. Directed by Geoff Gould, it stars Irish Times Theatre Award nominee Seamus O’Rourke (Lakelands), alongside established actor and director Joan Sheehy (An Cailín Ciúin).
Nightly at 8:00pm. No performance Sundays. All seats €20
