Mortal Sin

Press Quotes
“Visually, it takes a moment to appreciate Jenny Whyte’s supremely clever design. Bewley’s black box walls painted in summer azure with dark, tumbling clouds dominates a floor strewn with charity shop memorabilia. As if Whyte had delivered the props, painted the wall but lazily opted not to build the set. But Whyte proves immeasurably smarter than that. The expansive, blue skied vista with turbulent foreboding indicates the troubled future. Meanwhile, in the basement of history, littered with the bric a brac of the collapsing past, the cloying mustiness of the not so good old days clings,
coated in dusty nostalgia.”
— The Arts Review ★★★★☆, Chris O'Rourke

“Designer Jenny Whyte’s rich installation of flotsam and religious bric-à-brac looks like it came in on the Wexford tide.”
— The Irish Independent, Katy Hayes

Show Synopsis
In the wake of JFK’s assassination, Colm and Peggy, two best friends in the town of Cundannon hatch a plan - stage a protest and get a day off school to honour the fallen U.S. president. Sure, they got one when the Pope died?

 

 Mortal Sin is a bold, heartfelt, and sharply witty exploration of what it means to grow up different in an Ireland where the Church controls everything from the classroom to confession.

Through rapid-fire monologues, character switches and flashes of fantasy, Colm and Peggy paint a vivid portrait of their world, from Sunday mass to Audrey Hepburn.
 

Blending satire, nostalgia, and righteous teenage frustration, Mortal Sin is ultimately a celebration of friendship - a small but defiant stand against the silence and shame that shaped a generation. Colm and Peggy stick it to the man... well, Sister Assumpta anyway.

Creative / Production Team

​Writer ~ Benjamin Reilly
Director ~ Lee Coffey
Performers ~ Isolde Fenton & Benjamin Reilly

Set Designer ~ Jenny Whyte
Lighting Designer ~ Eoin Byrne

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