The Lonesome West

January 13 - February 4

Empress Theatre presents
THE LONESOME WEST

Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Anna Houston

“Getting your hairstyle insulted is no just cause to go murdering someone.”

From the writer of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, In Bruges, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West is Martin McDonagh’s savage, uproarious tale of two warring brothers.In the aftermath of their father’s untimely death, the Connor brothers are at each other’s throats. In the wild west of Ireland, in a town plagued by murder and petty disputes, Coleman and Valene battle it out over unresolved childhood grievances. As the brothers teeter on the edge of brutal, bloody carnage, a young local priest attempts to bring about peace – with devastating consequences.

Twenty-five years after its smash-hit debut on Broadway, The Lonesome West storms into The Old Fitz Theatre this January, directed by Anna Houston (Cyprus Avenue). The final instalment of the acclaimed Leenane Trilogy, Martin McDonagh’s pitch-black comedy is sure to shock, thrill and delight.

★★★★ “Funny and grim … a dark parody of a modern-day truth-and-reconciliation process.” - The Guardian

“Gleefully macabre … an exhilaratingly original voice.” - New York Times

Tickets on sale now.

PLAYWRIGHT: Martin McDonagh; DIRECTOR: Anna Houston; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Phaedra Nicolaidis; PRODUCTION MANAGER: Saz Watson; SET DESIGNER: Kate Beere; LIGHTING DESIGNER: Spencer Herd; SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER: Zachary Saric;  STAGE MANAGER: Anthony Speed; DIALECT COACH: Linda Nicholls Gidley; FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER: Scott Witt; PUBLICIST: Sean Hall; WITH (a cast of 4): Ruby Henaway (as Girleen Kelleher), Abe Mitchell (as Father Welsh), Lee Beckhurst (as Coleman Connor), Andre de Vanny (as Valene Connor)

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011