Sink Or Swim is a meditation on the more modern concept of fame and an exploration of how far people will go to have their name up in lights. It examines this effect on someone from a small Irish town who has essentially been a ‘big fish in a small pond’, but, as she has grown up, has realised that there is more to life than being well known in her little pocket of the world.

‘Sink Or Swim’ was first produced in March 2018 by Headrush, Ireland at Accidental Theatre.

Written by Jonathan M. Daley

Featuring Julie Lamberton

Directed by Conal Clapper, Jonathan M. Daley & Conor McGuinness

Costume by Moya Doogan

Sound Design by Conal Clapper

Lighting Design by Conor McGuinness & Jonathan M. Daley

Produced by Headrush, Ireland

To read an extract of the script, click here. To read the whole script, please contact me.

Reviews

“…a company to watch with their smorgasbord of production ideas, on stage talent and chutzpah” - Alan In Belfast

“I don’t think it’s wrong for an original work to feel familiar” - Laura Conlon (Plain Oblivious)

“From the detail of set design, intricate props, practicals, rotating set pieces, varying sound sources, Sink or Swim presented a slick, non-stop 70 minutes” - Mícheál McCann (Micheal Writes)