Dervla and Kate, are being detained for their own safety in adjacent rooms in an old school building. The two are strangers who strike up conversation through the wall and are forced into an uneasy camaraderie by the extreme situation.

The wall also splits the audience into two separate factions - their experience also subjective and limited. Despite being able to hear both characters, the audience can only see one of them and nobody has the whole story.

Press Quotes

“The cleverness lies in the interplay of lies and truth, the exploitation of our unconscious tendency to use visual information to check the veracity of what we are told.”

“raises, in a gentle, humorous and utterly unpretentious way, interesting questions about knowledge and language, reality and representation, fact and fiction”

The Irish Times

“the threads of the tale are worked through carefully and expertly, meaning there is never a glitch, never a lapse as the intricacies…are revealed”

“This is experimental theatre at its best. Holding onto the successful elements of the conventional story based theatre, this show pushes boundaries without losing its audience in the process”

The Sunday Tribune

“not being able to see the other actress lends an air of increased suspense”

“A brilliant and stimulating night out, The Other Side takes you well beyond conventional theatrical constraints.”

The Irish Examiner

“To engage with a moving, humorous and stylish piece of theatre while at the same time to become aware of questions like these, and to walk away still questioning, still debating the truth of what has been seen, is a rare and deeply satisfying experience.”

Irish Theatre Magazine