a tormented space separating her emotionally from her husband, her children, and an enviable life that could have been. As Portia navigates her way through this landmark birthday, defined by yearning and loss, she is guided by a spectral presence determined to lead her back to a disturbing past and to some dangerous unfinished business

Portia Coughlan is a play that digs deeply and quietly into the darkest corners of grief and dysfunction. Peopled by a cast of eccentric and darkly humorous characters, Marina Carr brings us right into the heart of a midlands Irish town, drawing us into a rich landscape where layers of secrets and lies continue to throw their long and awful shadow.

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