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When a Whale Falls by Gemma Doorly – as part of NEWvember 2025

EVENT DETAILS

  • 12 Nov // 8pm
  • Studio Theatre
  • Free
ON SALE SOON

Melody keeps fainting at school, which her lawyer father Jack is struggling with and her principal Margaret thinks she needs to be challenged about. This leads to a battle between the generations, a potential lawsuit and a disappearance, in this engrossing drama about anxiety, responsibility and the pitfalls of modern life.

Starring Blaithnaid Daly, Eoin O’Sullivan, David Ryan, Fiana Toibin. Director Kathleen Warner Yeates.

Presented By: AboutFACE
Duration: 120mins. One Interval. Followed by Q&A with the writer.
Age Suitability: 16+
Free, Call 01 4627477 or Book online

Part of the 12 th annual NEWvember Festival of New Plays
Nov 11 th – 14 th at The Civic
The NEWvember Festival returns to The Civic, a fast-moving week of rehearsed readings of the most exciting new plays by Irish writers, plus post-show Q&As with the playwrights. Be the first to see a new work-in-progress, and get involved in providing crucial feedback to the writer! Past plays developed at NEWvember have gone on to Off-Broadway, international and award-winning productions, including recent hits at The Civic, ‘Looking at the Sun’ and ‘The Gods of the Ozarks’.

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