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Terminus
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A visceral exploration of desire, obsession, and dark urban desire. A world premiere at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
Essential for audiences seeking unflinching, intense Irish drama.
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About the Ebook
A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.
'We go, see the slo-mo ebb and flow; the mill, the babble, the rabble of wobbling waywards, exiled and aimless, unlike us as, purposeful and double-file, like kids on a dare, we head who the fuck knows where?'
Three people are ripped from their daily lives and catapulted into a fantastical world of singing serial killers, avenging angels and lovesick demons.
Hold tight as the ordinary turns extraordinary in Mark O'Rowe's urban fantasy.
Terminus was first performed at the Abbey Theatre Peacock, Dublin, in June 2007. The production transferred to the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 2008 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Fringe First.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Explosive examination of primal human impulses.
- Raw, uncompromising theatrical power.
- Published by Nick Hern Books, leading contemporary theatre publisher.
- Theatre that tears you apart.
Reviews
'Hilarious, stunning, surprisingly touching and enormously satisfying... a fantastic piece of writing' Irish Times.
'Dazzling... O'Rowe is expanding his language and dramatic form as far as they can go' Guardian.
'Gripping, grotesque and deliriously good... [Terminus] makes O'Rowe pretty much the most exciting contemporary Irish playwright' Sunday Tribune.
About the Author
Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright whose plays include Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre, London, 1999), From Both Hips (Fishamble, 1997), Made in China (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2001), Crestfall (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 2003), Terminus (Abbey Theatre, 2007), Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre, 2014), The Approach (Landmark Productions, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2018) and Reunion (Landmark Productions, Galway International Arts Festival, 2024). His version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler was staged by the Abbey Theatre in 2015.
His screenplays include Broken (2012), based on the novel by Daniel Clay, Perrier’s Bounty (2009), Boy A (2007), based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, and Intermission (2004).
Author photo by Ros Kavanagh
Publication Details
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date: 01 July 2015
Print Length: 64 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781780015187
Format: Ebook
Language: English
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