Written by US playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and numerous Tony Awards. The film version opened at the Toronto Film Festival last September (with Nicole Kidman in a return to her cult-status performance in To Die For) and isdue in Ireland later in 2011. Theatre audiences have a chance to see the Irish Premiere of the play at the Belltable next February.
The plot is centered on the accidental killing of a child but audiences won’t feel drenched in sentimentality because of the honesty, wit and humour within the play. While no one would ever call Rabbit Hole a comedy about grief, it is a play that shows how close comedy and tragedy really are. Just like the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland opened a parallel world, this is a story about people who become displaced within their own lives and how hope finds a way to keep a family together – with laughter as the important ingredient.
The play is directed by the accomplished actor, director and playwright, Dara Carolan , a graduate of the London Guildhall. He has appeared at the Abbey Theatre, The Gaiety and The Olympia and toured internationally in New York, Sydney, Japan, and his work has also been seen in many countries including Finland, France and Australia.Dara Carolan is the director of Left of Centre , a theatre company based in Dublin focussing on work addressing special issues . This year he has directed "Brothers of the Brush" by Jimmy Murphy for the Sean O Casey Theatre , "Bed Among the Lentils" by Alan Bennett a touring production . Dara conducts workshops on all aspects of theatre and adjudicates at theatre festivals all over Ireland.
