Description
About the Author
Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright whose plays include Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre, London, 1999), From Both Hips (Fishamble, 1997), Made in China (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2001), Crestfall (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 2003), Terminus (Abbey Theatre, 2007) and Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre, 2014). His version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler was staged by the Abbey Theatre in 2015. His screenplays include Broken (2012), based on the novel by Daniel Clay, Perrier's Bounty (2009), Boy A (2007), based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, and Intermission (2004). Author photo by Ros Kavanagh.
Reviews
'A play of intense juxtapositions, of silence and anger, facade and vulnerability, distance and communion. Intensely thoughtful, the piece presents itself as an expression of relationships and human identity. It is impossible to come away from it without reflecting on the barriers, physical and mental, that can hinder real human interaction'
* Edinburgh Reporter *'Beautiful and heart-wrenching'
* The Skinny *'An intense experience like trying to pick apart the puzzle of an overhead conversation... an exquisitely nuanced exploration of complex relationships where past traumas and resentments have put up frustrating barriers to genuine closeness'
* BritishTheatre.com *'Deeply engaging... O'Rowe's thought-provoking script deals in a theatrical and dramatic simplicity that serves as a counterpoint to its textual complexity... will linger long in the memory'
* The Arts Review *'A cryptic work about memory and connection... an intricate puzzle of a play, The Approach holds your attention like a transfixing riddle, rationing out clues and folding in on itself artfully'
* Irish Times *Book Information
ISBN 9781848427433
Author Mark O'Rowe
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
