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Terminus
Visiting Company
Hold tight as the ordinary turns extraordinary in this exhilarating play by Mark O‘Rowe, writer of Howie the Rookie, Boy A and the cult film Intermission. Terminus is a breathtaking production from Ireland’s Abbey Theatre which picked up a Scotsman Fringe First Award in Edinburgh in 2008.
… we go, see the slo-mo ebb and flow; the mill, the babble, the rabble of wobbling waywards, exiled and aimless, unlike us as, purposeful and double-file, like kids on a dare, we head who the hell knows where?
Catapult from the bustling streets to the skies above Dublin, then plummet deep to the bowels of the earth as three people are ripped from their daily lives and thrown into a fantastical world of singing serial killers, avenging angels and love-sick demons.
Not for the faint of heart.
Written and Directed by Mark O’Rowe
Main Theatre
User Rating ★★★★★
Rated: (5/5), based on 4 ratings
Wheelchair Access
Guide Dogs welcome
Induction LoopRecommended for 16+
Contains violent language
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PRESS
”Compellingly, deliciously theatrical…A magical night of fabulously heightened reality”
Evening Standard ★★★★
“The language is brilliant… luridly compelling”
The Guardian ★★★★
“Gripping, grotesque and deliriously good.”
Sunday Tribune, Ireland
Financial Times ★★★★
Metro ★★★★
“The connections among these three characters are revealed slowly and ingeniously, with a cumulative emotional power that takes a spectator by surprise…O’Rowe deploys his considerable imagination and gifts of expression to cast a near-hypnotic spell”
The Boston Globe (March 2011)
“Terminus is riveting…I can’t think of another play that has generated a more intense embodiment of that event to which we all look forward”
Chicago Tribune (March 2011)
Comments
Bennie Torrance ★★★★★
22nd May 2011
Incredible performances last night from all three players. I got a real sense of watching a living photo frame; broken and fractured...(and only break the illusion at the end when the performers take their bows, stepping out of the frame) the only interactions being the words, the stories themselves. An amazingly intense play lifted with brilliant Irish humour. O'Rowe has created a really masterful piece of writing here.
Kirsty ★★★★★
20th May 2011
Last night was an outstanding performance.The writing by Mark O'Rowe was stunning .I have never seen anything like this before and I had no idea what to expect but if you don't see then you will regret it .The writing was simply indescribable. Truly outstanding. The cast were simply Divine! You have to see this!
Tom Mellon ★★★★★
20th May 2011
Amazing performance last night, congratulations to the cast and to Market O'Rowe for a brilliant piece of writing and directing. If you missed this you will be kicking yourself! Outstanding!
Connie ★★★★★
29th November 2010
This looks intense. Would love to be able to see this production
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Doris ★★★★★
31st May 2011
Took a group of four friends to this - one of them for her 60th birthday. Wasn't sure what to expect but what an amazing performance it turned out to be. Wonderful, inovative piece of writing and the cast were brilliant in their delivery of this wonderful work. A spellbinding and thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all of our group.