'When I have children I’m going to let them grow wild as weeds.’ WORLD PREMIERE

By the banks of the Gowlawn Gash river, Mossy, Michael and Winnie are growing up, wild as weeds.

Vulnerable, confused and brimful of desire, they strive to make sense of the world and their place within it. With the Church held up as their guide, their future is at its mercy.

Inspired by German dramatist Frank Wedekind’s 1891 masterpiece Spring Awakening, Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas Kilroy vividly depicts the innocence and pain of growing up in 1950s Ireland. With a timely resonance, it lays bare the hypocrisy and cowardice of a society ruled by the Church.

Christ Deliver Us! is a startling play. In light of the Ryan and Murphy reports into clerical abuse, it is also an important one for us today.

Please note the play contains scenes of a disturbing nature. Suitable for over 16s.

An Abbey Theatre commision

16 February - 13 March
Previews 9 - 15 February
Booking: +(353) (01) 87 87 222
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