And she grew to be a girl, my daughter, my Mary. Sing a song, Mary. Sing for grandma and granda. Sing.
The ties that bind can never be broken. For Sal, they hang like a noose around her neck, just loose enough to keep a small but potent flame alive inside.
A passionate story of love and hate.
The world première of a visceral new play by one of Ireland’ greatest playwrights and poets, Frank McGuinness.
Cast
Leanne Best
Sal
Company
Writer Frank McGuinness
Director Lia Williams
Designer Colin Richmond
Lighting Designer Charlie Lucas
Sound & Composition Giles Perring
Recorded Voices Esme Herbert & Melanie Pappenheim
Costume Supervisor Jacquie Davies
Reviews
The Match Box
★★★★
“so brutally powerful that it knocks the breath from your body”
The Times
The Match Box
★★★★
"It’s rare to find storytelling as sharply and simply involving as this, or to encounter quite such meaty ideas about the place of morality in secular times, or to behold a performance so intricate, measured and powerful."
The Telegraph
The Match Box
★★★★★
“This is the kind of rare performance that keeps on giving, and it’s not one to be missed”
The Matchbox
The Match Box
★★★★
“McGuinness has conceived a compelling, tragic heroine”
The Guardian