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"Look out! Oh holy God, look out!... he's the one who kills shooting stars with his unrequited love."

Conall Quinn's new play is a surreal tale of love and death set on a County Louth beach during World War II.

Henry is on the look out for German submarines but all he really wants to do is fire his flare gun, Alice has decided to run away from home again, and Edward's wife is blowing kisses at him. There’s also the body of the American pilot to bury...

This is an original and highly entertaining work by a writer currently generating a lot of interest in Ireland. Upstate has developed a reputation for producing theatre, which is passionate, evocative, sophisticated yet arrestingly pure.

Exciting drama, which is at times both fierce and uplifting.

Recently awarded the Stewart Parker Trust Major Bursary, Conall Quinn's last play, "The Death of Harry Leon" was hailed by The Irish Times' Fintan O'Toole as "terrifically courageous. It does what political theatre should do, taking real risks in order to provoke new thoughts."

In this, his new work, we can expect to be equally thrilled.

Director: Paul Hayes
Set Design: Kieran McNulty
Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Costume Design: Sinead Roberts

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