Forbhreathnú

• Drámadóir

  Michael Marshall 

• Nótaí

  Happy Birthday Jacob had a rehearsed reading as part of Druid Debuts at Galway Arts Festival in 2013. A re-written version of the play reopened at the New Theatre on the 16th, August 2017. This production was produced by Bakru Theatre Productions (Formally PÚCA), and was directed by Laura Bowler.

• Achoimre

  This is the story of two brothers, Jacob and Lucas, who, after being abandoned at a young age, have been forced to develop a life which consists of secrecy and strict routine. The story exists between the father leaving and the foreboding imminence of his return. That is until Mary, their mother, arrives abruptly, which slowly severs the bond between the two brothers. Lucas’s fantastical notions of a family reunited directly clashes with Jacob’s embodied reality of rejection and abandonment. Jacob with the help of Terry a neighbouring girl try to keep this constructed family afloat while Lucas drifts towards an idea that he has only been able fantasise. Time is ticking closer to Jacob's 18th birthday, a day in which everything that has been built must fall.

• Cinéal Dráma

  Drámaí Ginearálta
  

  Líon na Míreanna

  Dráma Fada

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  2

• Total

  4

Céad Léiriú

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  07 February 2017

• Nótaí faoin Léiriú

  Produced by PÚCA (also known as Bakru). 

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  The New Theatre
  

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.