GUEST HOST
STRANGER GHOST
by Kate Heffernan
Once Off Productions
present
GUEST HOST STRANGER GHOST
by Kate Heffernan
A story about living in someone else’s home, performed on the sets of other people’s plays.
A mismatched trio rent a house owned by an elderly woman now living her last days in a nursing home. Unlikely housemates, they try to find a connection in the short time they’re here – and a space for themselves amongst the stuff of her entire life. Playful and boldly inventive, this vagabond new play will criss-cross the city to borrow the stages of other festival productions. With no two performances taking place on the same set, each iteration will offer a completely unique encounter.
A world premiere from Stewart Parker Trust Award winning writer Kate Heffernan (In Dog Years I’m Dead, Peat), Guest Host Stranger Ghost is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for a moment of stillness in a life of transience.
With the support of Mermaid Arts Centre and Dunamaise Arts Centre. Funded by the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
2024 Dates (as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival)
3, 12 Oct Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs), Dublin
4, 11 Oct Smock Alley Theatre, Main Space, Dublin
5, 13 Oct Project Arts Centre (Cube), Dublin
Directed by Eoghan Carrick
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Cast: Finbarr Doyle, Shadaan Felfeli, and Maeve O’Mahony
Creative Producers: Cally Shine and Maura O’Keeffe
Production Manager: Eoin Kilkenny
Stage Managers: Evie McGuinness and Zoe Reynolds
Company Manager: Morgan Steele
With thanks to the creative teams who designed our host productions
Image Credit: Ste Murray