Never Closer single work   drama  
Date: 2024
Date: 2022
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Never Closer
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'Northern Ireland, 1987. Deirdre is stuck – between arguments, nations, and the lives she almost lived. But when her old schoolfriends gather in her kitchen yet again for Christmas Eve, their growing differences push to the surface a powder-keg, waiting the tiniest spark. And then one of them turns up with her surprise fiancé.

'He’s English.

'Set against the backdrop of The Troubles, this brilliant debut play is an unforgettable drama of home, friends, the decision to leave or stay, and the possibility of forgiveness.' (Production summary [2024 Belvoir Street production])

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Production Details

  • Presented by Essential Works at 25A (Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre), 4-16 October 2022.

    Director: Hannah Goodwin.

    Presented by Essential Workers (supported by The Group), Upstairs Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre, 25 May - 16 June 2024.

    Director: Hannah Goodwin.

    Lighting Designer: Phoebe Pilcher.

    Set Designer: Grace Deacon.

    Costume Designer: Keerthi Subramanyam.

    Sound Designer and Composer: Alyx Dennison.

    Cast: Emma Diaz, Raj Labade, Mabel Li, Philip Lynch, Araidne Sgouros, and Adam Sollis.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2024
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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : Never Closer Virat Nehru , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2022;
— Review of Never Closer Grace Chapple , 2024 single work drama

'Set against the backdrop of The Troubles, a compelling drama about wanting to move forward, while being stuck in the past.'
Theatre Review : Never Closer Virat Nehru , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2022;
— Review of Never Closer Grace Chapple , 2024 single work drama

'Set against the backdrop of The Troubles, a compelling drama about wanting to move forward, while being stuck in the past.'
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Awards

2024 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Original
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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