Playwright: Tom (Kilroy and Murphy)

For me these playwrights are the most important reference points in Irish theatre. I was lucky enough to be taught by one of them while in college and given a lift by the other when I was broke and lost. I think that Christ Deliver Us! and Conversations on a Homecoming are wonderful encapsulations of the human condition. Raw emotion, cutting humour and sheer humanity seep out of both plays and make them essential reference points in the quest to understand who we are as a people.