Bookworms @ The Abbey

Bookworms: a new play by Bernard Farrell

@ The Abbey Theatre

1 June - 10 July 2010

World Premiere

Skeletons leap from suburban closets in Bookworms, Bernard Farrell’s hilarious and razor-sharp vision of a household savaged by the Celtic Tiger.
‘….and Larry, let’s try to show everybody that, recession or no recession, we are contented, confident and happy – and that this evening is going to be fun!”

This month’s Book Club hostess Ann is struggling to stay calm, desperate to deliver the perfect evening of literary classics and late-night canapés. But when the all-female group invite their husbands to join the club, and a mysterious figure pays a visit from an upstairs room, everyone is forced to contend with a lot more than just Virginia Woolf.
Opinions are challenged, suspicions aroused and tempers flare as their daily lives unravel into a saga to rival even the most outrageous fiction.

Director Jim Culleton brings to life this hugely entertaining new play by the popular and celebrated playwright Bernard Farrell (I Do Not Like Thee Doctor Fell, Canaries, Lovers At Versailles) in an evening of wine and cheese, mystery and mayhem.

Tuesday 1 June – Saturday 10 July

Previews 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 May

Monday – Saturday evening 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm

Tickets: €13 – €38

Book now or call 01 87 87 222

Bring your Book Club to Bookworms!

Competition

To coincide with the opening of the play in June and to celebrate the Irish phenomenon of the Book Club, the Abbey are giving you the chance to bring your group to the opening night! To win, simply tell them a story from your Club. Was there drama? Romance? Rows or mix ups?
Send your stories to bookclubs@abbeytheatre.ie before Friday, 7 May 2010. The Book Club with the winning tale will get tickets to the opening night of Bookworms on Tuesday, 1 June and an interval drink!
Special Offer

Also Book Clubs of 6 or more members can get discounted tickets to Bookworms. Phone Box Office on (01) 87 87 222 for details. Or have your book club meeting pre-show in the Abbey Bar over a coffee. Better still a G&T!

You could also join a panel of bookworms on Thursday 10 June for a discussion about their favourite books, or meet writer Bernard Farrell for a pre-show chat on Thursday, 24 June. For full details and to book tickets click here.