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The Last Return
“I do not organise the ticket queue, it is up to the people in the ticket queue to organise themselves. Have I made myself clear?”
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022
One final night. One last chance. Five people queue for a ticket to the hottest show in town. All they must do is simply wait in line. But what in life is ever simple?
Who will triumph, who will fail, and who will walk away with… The Last Return ?
A new play by acclaimed playwright Sonya Kelly ( Once Upon a Bridge , Furniture ), The Last Return is a thrilling comedy about conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at any cost.
This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at Druid Theatre, Galway, in July 2022.
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022
One final night. One last chance. Five people queue for a ticket to the hottest show in town. All they must do is simply wait in line. But what in life is ever simple?
Who will triumph, who will fail, and who will walk away with… The Last Return ?
A new play by acclaimed playwright Sonya Kelly ( Once Upon a Bridge , Furniture ), The Last Return is a thrilling comedy about conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at any cost.
This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at Druid Theatre, Galway, in July 2022.
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80 pages, Paperback
Published August 19, 2022
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May 23, 2024
3.5, rounded up.
Kelly started out writing (and performing) hour-long monologues at various Fringe Festivals, but seems to have now segued into full length plays with additional characters - which I think is much more her métier. This is a rather slight work, about theatregoers lining up for return tickets at a sold-out avant-garde production. It's got some very clever and funny lines/situations, however, and having spent a few years in my youth as a ticket booth manager, I could certainly appreciate the sangfroid of that character here. After the brutality of the final third of the play, an uplifting coda seems rather out of place, however.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/202...
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/st...
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/th...
https://worlditineraries.co/2023/02/2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6Gp...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKYOK...
Kelly started out writing (and performing) hour-long monologues at various Fringe Festivals, but seems to have now segued into full length plays with additional characters - which I think is much more her métier. This is a rather slight work, about theatregoers lining up for return tickets at a sold-out avant-garde production. It's got some very clever and funny lines/situations, however, and having spent a few years in my youth as a ticket booth manager, I could certainly appreciate the sangfroid of that character here. After the brutality of the final third of the play, an uplifting coda seems rather out of place, however.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/202...
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/st...
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/th...
https://worlditineraries.co/2023/02/2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6Gp...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKYOK...
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