Lyric Theatre & Rough Magic present The Parker Project
A double bill of Stewart Parker
Spokesong & Pentecost
Old Northern Bank, Waring Street, Belfast (as part of the Cathedral Quater Festival)
April 26-May 17 (previews April 22-25)
Booking: Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 902 46609
Further information on Belfast performances
The Empty Space @Smock Alley, Dublin
May 24- June 15 (previews May 22-23)
Booking: From Tuesday 6th May on 01 671 9278
Further information on Dublin performances
The Parker Project will be the theatre event of the year in Belfast & Dublin – a once off chance to re-examine the repertoire of Stewart Parker, the greatest Belfast playwright of his generation. The Parker Project is collaboration between North & South, celebrating the voice of Stewart Parker while reimagining his vision for the audience of Belfast today. The Parker Project presents his first play, Spokesong, and his last, Pentecost, as one project, which can be viewed individually or as a double bill. The presentation of both plays in repertoire will give a profound insight into this writer’s work and introduce them to a new generation.
Born in Belfast in 1941, much of Parker’s work celebrates his fascination with the place of his birth. He came to prominence as a playwright in the 1970s and 80s when eight of his stage plays received premieres at leading Irish and UK theatre venues. Spokesong, won the 1976 Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award and Pentecost, won the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award in 1987.
For full details on each production please click on the links below.
