Louise O’Neill’s popular novel Asking For It is coming to the stage in both Dublin and Cork.
It was announced this summer that play, based on Louise’s powerful book, was to be turned into a play, but little information was given about when and where it would be on stage.
It has now been revealed that the play will be premiered in The Everyman in Cork on the 15th of June, 2018.
Dubliners will have to wait a little longer to see the play, as it is set for the Abbey Theatre in November 2018.
However, tickets are on sale now, so you can book your place already.
The stage adaption is by Meadhbh McHugh in a collaboration with Annabelle Comyn.
“Since the novel has been published, I have been overwhelmed by how people have responded. I receive emails from men and women all over the world who want to share their stories with me. They tell me that this book has helped them endure. It has made them feel as if they are not alone. They say that this book has, finally, given them a voice,” Louise said.
“I have been humbled by these emails but it reinforced my belief in the power of art. I believe that art is not just a mirror, showing us our true selves, but it has the ability to shape the way in which we see ourselves, that it has the power to transform the world that we live in. Culture can change culture.
“I am truly eager to see what sort of change a theatrical adaptation of Asking for It could enact.”
The outstanding novel won the Book of Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2015, and spent 52 weeks in the Irish top 10 bestseller lists.
This play is not to be missed.
