We've built ten bedroom mansions on our hillsides, put tarmac over our boglands, hooked up CCTV to our ironclad gates. We've burnt through the easy money and now we're reeling, searching for who we actually are.

OFF PLAN is the world premiere of a new adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by Simon Doyle, especially commissioned by critically-acclaimed Irish theatre company RAW (nominated for three Irish Times Theatre Awards 2008).

OFF PLAN is a bold new production which, through the lens of this powerful classical Greek text, puts its finger on the pulse of modern Ireland, making us take stock of where we are and how we got here. Forcefully engaging with the dilemmas of our globalised world, OFF PLAN explores the eternal themes of power and morality, justice and revenge, but also poses questions of identity, both on the home front and on the international stage.

OFF PLAN is written by Simon Doyle, whose recent work includes Oedipus Loves You (Pan Pan), and is directed by Rachel West who was nominated best director at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for RAW's production of Splendour in 2008.

OFF PLAN was commissioned by the company and developed during a series of workshops and readings with members of the ensemble.

OFF PLAN was made possible by the support of the Arts Council.


CAST:
Anthony Brophy
Maebh Cheasty
Alan Howley
Paul Mallon
Emma McIvor
Gary Murphy
Mary Murray

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS:
Set Alyson Cummins
Costume Monica Ennis
Sound Judith Ring
Video Martin Rottenkolber
Lighting Sarah Jane Shiels
Print Paul Smyth