Smilin' Through
By Billy Cowan, Directed by Natalie Wilson

Birmingham Rep, 15th April - 30th April 2005
Contact, Manchester 5th May - 14 May 2005

Peggy has suspected for a while that her son is gay. But when Kyle comes out, she is disgusted and wants him out of the house and out of her life.

Refusing to accept his mother's hard stance, Kyle barricades himself into his room and goes on hunger strike, while Peggy retreats through drunken fantasies of Hollywood musicals. Will Peggy and Kyle ever be able to reach a peace agreement or is partition inevitable?

With a gay boy on hunger strike, a mother on the drink, religious leaders exorcising homosexuality, and members of the Irish Queer Liberation Army fighting for their right to wear trendy combats, Smilin' Through is the first truly queer Irish play.

 

Designer Emma Donovan
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
Sound Designer Dan Steel

Cast Terrence Corrigan, Gillian Hanna, Alison Harding, Sean Kearns, Walter Mc Monagle, Marty Rea