Denouement A Lyric Theatre Production

Edel and Liam are living out the final hours in a remote Irish farmhouse at the base of a mountain. Liam frantically rat-a-tats his memories on a battered old typewriter, while Edel tries to connect with their children to say their final goodbyes.

Set against an extraordinary apocalyptic backdrop, Denouement is a funny, tragic and slightly absurd observation of what remains when everything else is gone. As the world collapses around them, Edel and Liam show the might of the human spirit as they navigate the end of the world with humour, honesty, and decades of shared history.

Intensely provocative and wonderfully witty, Denouement is both a glimpse into a dystopian future, and a moving portrait of an enduring relationship between two ordinary people. Are some things better left unsaid, even at the end?

Originally submitted to the Lyric’s New Playwrights Programme, John Morton’s Denouement captivated the selection panel so completely that it was commissioned immediately. Experience its stage debut this Autumn at the Lyric Theatre. This bold piece of new writing will stay with you long after the curtain closes.