Eva O’Connor has written a brand-new play, The Kerryman, for the Glass Mask Theatre Stage.
Cait is an artist newly returned to Dublin, determined to get her life back on track and prove to her mother that she’s not a total fuck-up. Eoin, a proud Kerryman, is working in finance for his sins. He has very different plans – graft hard, retire early, and go home to run his parents’ farm in South Kerry.
When they meet, Cait knows one thing: Eoin is absolutely not her type. He’s obsessed with GAA (and his mother) and wouldn’t know an easel from his elbow. Meanwhile, Eoin can’t decide if Cait is the woman of his dreams or an agent of chaos with notions.
But despite themselves, they are pulled into a can’t eat, can’t sleep, rollercoaster romance. The Kerryman is a story of two clashing hearts and minds. We don’t get to choose who we fall for – but it’s the choices we make afterwards that can turn our entire world upside down.
The Kerryman will have its world premiere at Glass Mask Theatre and run from 26th May – 13th June!
Eva O’Connor is an award-winning Irish writer and performer. Eva’s work for theatre includes Chicken, for which she won The Filipa Bragança Award at Ed Fringe 2023, and Mustard, which won a Scotsman Fringe First and a Lustrum Award at Ed Fringe 2019. Eva also adapted Mustard for RTE Storyland in 2022. Eva is also writing a play commissioned by Fishamble: The New Play Company, which is due for production later this year, and has a number of TV projects in development.
