A NEW play about love, memory and the romance of parenting.
Synapses is a fast-paced comedy drama where two young parents try to mine the past for the key to their future. Mike and Emily have separated for a year and are constantly rowing about money, access and parenting styles. They can’t go on like this. One fateful afternoon, for the sake of their young son, they try to find a better way. It all goes wrong, it all goes right and a little electrical fault spins them (and us) back and forth in time in search of the truth.
Liam Wilson Smyth – Mike
Liam Wilson Smyth is an actor, writer and director whose stage work spans contemporary Irish theatre and classical performance. His acting credits include The Plough and the Stars (Black Bird Theatre), The Children of Wolves (Creative Places Bagenalstown with Hugh Brown), The Curse of the Daffodil (Thunder and Theatre Co.), and the acclaimed Magic Play (Guna Nua Theatre Company). On screen, he has appeared in Mildly Different (Sticky Tape Productions), 1920 (Meggs Productions), and Mrs. H (SUNFA Films).
As a writer and director, Liam has developed original works such as 10 Forgotten Men (Kilmainham Gaol), My Macbeth (Wolverhampton University), and others that have amounted to SYNAPSES. He has also collaborated with Anois Theatre, Freshly Ground Theatre, and Prosper Fingal on new work. He aims to make art that entertains while provoking reflection, leaving audiences with a sense of catharsis and renewed urgency to live and love fully.
Molly Downey – Emily
Molly Downey is an Actor and Acting Tutor and Graduate of Inchicore College or Further Education and Wolverhampton University. Her recent acting credits include Let’s Start Today (an original play co written with Liam Wilson Smyth as part of the scene+heard festival) and The Gaol Gate by Lady Gregory (Directed by Joe Devlin, Directions Out Theatre Company). On Screen, Molly has starred in numerous short films, notably “Pirates” by Tanith MH, “Cyclepath” by Korey Knox, “When it Rains” by Luke O’Grady and “Mrs H” (SUNFA FILMS).
As an Acting Tutor Molly teaches in several stage schools and in Adult Education and Training.
She has a passion for the art of acting and storytelling whether that be on stage or in the classroom.
