Presented by Wexford Arts Center (Wexford)
Written and performed by Michelle Dooley Mahon
Directed by Ben Barnes
Wed Jan 13, 8pm
Thu Jan 21, 3pm
Fri Jan 29, 8pm
Tickets at $10
“Death by a thousand cuts” – that’s how Michelle Dooley Mahon describes Alzheimer’s disease after witnessing it strike down her mother Siobhan. As Mahon relives that time, her humorous and moving memories and rapier-like observations introduce personalities, history, and a nostalgic archive of an ordinary Irish small-town family forced to become extraordinary in their attempt to cope.
Adapted from Mahon’s critically-acclaimed autobiographical novel “Scourged” and directed by Ben Barnes, former Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre. The Scourge was last seen in Origin’s 1st Irish Festival was nominated for the 1st Irish Award for Best Actor/ Writer/ Set Design and Michelle Dooley Mahon won the festival jury’s special prize for her work as a writer, bringing underexposed issues vital to women in contemporary Ireland to an international audience.
Wexford Arts Centre (Elizabeth Whyte artistic director) presented the world premiere of “The Scourge” in April 2018, in the Wexford Opera Fringe Festival followed by a national tour in 2019 as part of the First Fortnight European Mental Health Art and Cultural Festival.
Filmed by the Wexford Arts Center.
A deeply moving testament to the power of emotional resilience, The Scourge is a captivating tribute to the human spirit, and Mahon is an international treasure.
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