MUSTARD
Presented by: Fishamble: The New Play Company
Fishamble: The New Play Company in association with Joanne Hartstone and Sunday’s Child presents hit one woman show MUSTARD by Irish playwright Eva O’Connor. A darkly comic play about heartbreak, madness, and how condiments are the ultimate coping mechanism.
When the man of her dreams, a professional cyclist, leaves E, she plummets into a black hole of heartbreak at the speed of a doped up team on the Tour de France.
WINNER Scotsman Fringe First 2019 and Lustrum Award 2019
★★★★★ "a stunning piece of performance art... a must-see" The Skinny
★★★★★ Ed Fest Mag
★★★★ "What a privilege to see this" The Scotsman
★★★★ '"Mustard delivers a hit of both exhilarating pleasure and bitter pain" The Wee Review
★★★★ "a play that gets under your skin and does not leave" Broadway Baby
★★★★ The Irish Times
Fishamble is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. This tour of MUSTARD by Eva O'Connor is supported by Culture Ireland.
Presented by: Fishamble: The New Play Company in association with Sunday's Child and Joanne Hartstone
Fishamble is a multi award-winning Irish theatre company that discovers, develops and produces new plays of national importance with a global reach. It has toured its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, across Australia, and to 19 other countries. Fishamble is supported by the Arts Council, Dublin City Council, and Culture Ireland.
Joanne Hartstone is a multi-award winning theatre-maker, producer and presenter from Adelaide with a reputation of producing artistic work of integrity and quality; a major figure of the Fringe world.
Sunday's Child is an award winning Irish theatre company run by Eva O'Connor and Hildegard Ryan. Their plays include My Name is Saoirse, Overshadowed (now a series on BBC Three), The Friday Night Effect, Afloat and MUSTARD (Scotsman Fringe First 2019).
Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts
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a searing exposition on self-harm after abandonment... and the intergenerational trauma of British colonialism... - James Murphy, Weekend Notes
...lip-smackingly brilliant... This one-woman show is a theatrical tour de force... captivating and shocking... - Maddie London, Binge Fringe Magazine
EVA O’CONNOR IS A TALENTED STORYTELLER AND THIS IS ANOTHER OF HOLDEN STREET’S SUCCESSFUL IMPORTS. - Fran Edwards, Glam Adelaide