I wonder what would happen if I spontaneously combusted in the lobby of this hotel. Would he gather up the ashes of me in his big bold hands and lick them clean?
Armed with a bin bag full of childhood mementos, Katie returns to her hometown in Leitrim after the man who groomed her as a teenager passes away.
Confronted with her past, the present and a fiery future, she searches for a way to reckon with the hurt that has shaped her adult life.
Performed in The Glens Arts Centre in 2025 and the Hawks Well Sligo, 2026
Creative Team
Writer + Director: Treasa Nealon
Techincal Designer: Caroline Norris
Cast: Órla McSharry
Photos by Treasa Nealon
Audience Reaction
‘The collaboration between a very clever author and an outstanding actor mark this piece of theatre out as worthy of the term classic.’
‘The piece deserves wide exposure and has a capacity to entertain and challenge in equal measure. No small achievement. It is hard to imagine it could have worked as well as it does were it not for the perfect synergy of Orla Mc Sharry and Treasa Nealon in collaboration. Every detail is important in this short piece. One moment you find yourself believing a movement or a prop move is merely incidental or just stage functional only to realise that what you have been watching and experiencing are tiny motifs to bring the drama to an outstanding final crescendo. If you get the chance go and see this work. You will be challenged but only after you have been entertained.’
Effigy
