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Caryl Churchill’s iconic play, Top Girls, mixes fantasy and reality, history and heresy to bring you the story of Marlene. A bit too old to be a ‘girl’, with a healthy taste for whisky, Marlene has just been promoted at work. In a world where men are the employers, where do children and warmth and vulnerability have a place? And if you must give them up, what are the consequences? Top Girls is said to be a deeply human and moving examination of feminist values in the home, in the workplace, and in our past and the contrast between a celebration of capitalism and the individual and socialism and the collective. It is sometimes political, sometimes hilarious, but always painfully true.
Jason Byrne, one of Ireland’s most talented and accomplished young directors, will direct this production. He has most recently directed Loose Canon’s production of Phaedra’s Love and also Romeo and Juliet at the Abbey Theatre, the latest in an impressive line of his successes at that venue. Jim Myers of Galloglass says, “We are delighted to be working with Jason Byrne on this production. Caryl Churchill is recognised internationally as a distinguished and brilliant playwright, possessing incisive intelligence, wit and emotion, and I am confident that Jason is the person to explore the resonances of this inspired and exceptional play for a contemporary audience”. Top Girls is currently playing at The Granary Theatre, and runs until Saturday, August 30.
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