The Dead School

Venue: Tricycle Theatre

From: Feb 22, 2010 Until: Mar 13, 2010

Starts: 20:00 - Ends: 00:00

Following a sell-out run at the 2009 Dublin Theatre Festival and three Irish Times Theatre Award nominations including Best Play and Best Actor (Sean Campion)

‘A mesmerizing tango of psychological ruin.’ Chicago Tribune

‘A corker of a production…the entire cast give seamlessly terrific support…but the play is Campion’s: the performance is haunting’ Sunday Independent

‘McIntyre harnesses the crazy energy of the piece, and, with his supreme control over the complex material, creates a coherent and visually arresting production’ Irish Times

‘The cast is brilliantly choreographed…the stunning set is endlessly inventive…costume design is equally remarkable’ Irish Times

Ireland of the 70s: crashing headlong into the warring forces of change and tradition.

Schoolmaster Raphael Bell is devoted to traditional teaching values, while on the other side, Schoolmaster Malachy Dudgeon loves rock music and makes rules only in order to break them.When these two men and all they represent come together, chaos is only round the corner.

The drama dances between the past and the present, and music and song are seamlessly interwoven in this powerful story of the love men leave behind in the pursuit of what they think is life.