Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st October @ 8.00pm
JUMP!?
Written and performed by Pauline O’Driscoll
Directed by Karen Minihan
A Middle-Aged, Coming-Of-Age play.
Raunchy, Hormonal Comedy
Recommended age 16+. Adult Themes & Sexual References.
Monica is on the edge, literally! She’s had enough, of being nice and reasonable and sensible, not to mention her temperamental fffing washing machine. She wants to scream and shout. She wants more!
A searingly truthful, but delightfully comic leapfrog through the taboo minefields of puberty, menstruation, fertility, infertility, the pressure on women to reproduce, the choice not to, fertility treatments, middle aged sex, vaginal atrophy and the hunt for the perfect cocktail… of hormones.
“Something has to change… to jump or not to jump that is the question!”
“Am I mad?… No! I’m hor-mental!”
Consummate actor Pauline O’Driscoll is best known on screen for Mustard, Sisters, Smalltown, The Young Offenders and on stage for solo plays Seven Ages of MAM which she co-wrote and You Have It All Backwards both of which had sell out runs at Cork Arts Theatre. Jump!? is Pauline’s first solo self-penned play.
Writer and artistic director of Playacting Theatre, Karen Minihan has an extensive back catalogue of projects ranging from small, intimate, innovative productions to large, all-inclusive, community spectacles. She is also author of the book & subsequent show Extraordinary Ordinary Women, which she and Pauline continue to tour to the many corners of West Cork and beyond.
What the critics say about Seven Ages of MAM:
“MUST SEE SHOW… wondrously inventive … hilariously detailed … O’Driscoll can call down the angels in a light high tessitura – a whisper away from silence, and she can … roar like a banshee. …….. master of pause and sudden tangent, the surprise monologue, the squirm of embarrassment, the language of love and forgiveness and letting go. What O’Driscoll brings even more than humour is sudden abiding grief. And what she gets more than grief is life-affirming humour, and what she gets most is utter exhaustion … No, she’s of a piece. This is consummately acted, wholly believable, the most original riff on the Seven Ages I’ve seen … in short, SEE IT” – Simon Jenner, FringeReview
“The audience hung on every word and went willingly on a roller coaster ride of emotions masterfully orchestrated by Pauline O’Driscoll … a terrific show, funny, heart-rending and jam-packed full of relevance and social commentary … a powerful, beautifully nuanced, mesmerizing performance” – Denis Walsh, Listowel Advertiser
Tickets: Preview €10, Standard €15
*Booking fees apply.
Discounts available for students and groups of 6+. Please contact Box Office.
This production is part of the Creative Empowerment Award supported by Cork Arts Theatre and The Community Foundation Ireland.