About Sodome, my love

Rough Magic, in association with TheEmergencyRoom, is back with its first show of 2010 - the World Premiere of Sodome, my love by Laurent Gaudé. This exciting new production will be directed by Lynne Parker and is the first time that Gaudé’s work has been presented in Ireland. The production also sees Olwen Fouéré play her most striking role to date.

Sodome,
...city of joy and excess.
You know that name...
You imagine the orgies, the nights without end, the wine flowing on the torsos of men.
You imagine and you are right.

The sky breaks, the rain falls. The downpour slowly awakens a woman caked in salt, buried for centuries, the only survivor of the city of Sodome. Here, now, amongst us, she begins to speak. This is her story...

Rough Magic has compiled an outstanding creative team for this World Premiere, with the work performed and translated by Olwen Fouéré, one of Ireland’s most prolific and daring actors, directed by Lynne Parker, designed by John Comiskey, costume designed by Monica Frawley, sound design by Denis Clohessy.

Laurent Gaudé has written a number of plays, mostly performed in France, and recently his novels have greatly added to his literary reputation. He is winner of France’s most prestigious literary honour, Prix Goncourt and is best known for his novel Le Soleil des Scorta (The House of Scorta) which has been published in almost twenty countries.