Night Swimming Press Release

Too Highbrow & Clinic Media present Kenneth Hickey’s Night Swimming, a character driven story of love, madness, death and loss. Directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin, it stars the exciting talent of James Browne & Kate McSwiney O’Rourke.

In the darkness Jason is forced to deal with the shadowy regrets of the past. We witness his tortured attempt at unraveling how fate has led him to an ending he never wanted. With his wife, Lorna, he must relive his relationship from start to finish, scene by scene, over the course of one night, until some understanding can be gained. But insight can come too late for salvation. And sometimes it doesn’t come at all…

Writer Kenneth Hickey is among the most exciting literary talent to emerge from Cork in recent years. Hickey has had his work published not only in Ireland, but England and the USA. He was the winner of the Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award in 2005 and was short listed for the award again in 2007. His one act play Song of the Shore was produced as part of the Windsor Fringe Festival in 2006, as well as by the Theatre Studio Inc. New York in 2007. His plays are regularly given rehearsed readings by Moving Parts Theatre Paris. Artistic director of Too Highbrow, this will be Hickey’s fourth production of his writing.

Director Eoin Ó hAnnracháin earned rave reviews for his Howie the Rookie, part of the New Directors Festival in The Granary Theater 2007. He is one of the founding members of Clinic Media with David O’Byrne, whose first project was Howie The Rookie and next is their self-penned, Falling Slowly. Ó hAnnracháin’s work has been described as, “Fantastic and entirely credible….a fine achievement”.

Night Swimming stars two of Cork’s finest young actors; James Browne and Kate McSwiney O’Rourke. Best known for his role in Strength and Honour, James Browne has treaded the boards with companies such as Meridian in the past and is returning to the stage for Night Swimming. Kate McSwiney O’Rourke has earned critical acclaim for her “dedicated & stunning” performances in productions such as, 4.48 Psychosis, Lifeboat, Othello and, Vanity, Vapours & Dizzy Debutantes. Both actors recently appeared in Christopher O’Neill’s popular Cork short, Closure, in this year’s Cork Film Festival.

11th – 15th of November
8pm
Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll’s Quay, Cork.
Bookings 021 4505624.
Tickets €15/€10