A performance lecture by Róisín Stack that explores the value of being alone, weaving together cultural theory, intimate storytelling and humour.
Róisín Stack brings No Woman Is An Island to the Traverse Theatre on Friday 13 November, its UK premiere after a sell-out run at the Dublin Theatre Festival. It's a 60-minute performance lecture, and the whole thing grew out of a question Stack set out to answer three years ago: why women pursue alone time so tirelessly. The show charts the making of that performance, so you're watching the investigation unfold as much as the result.
Stack weaves together texts from great female thinkers, banal thoughts about crockery and intimate vignettes from a marriage, turning the search for peace and quiet into a meditation on the geographies of the Self. It asks what it means to step away from expectations of productivity and considers the often-overlooked value of being alone, veering between cultural theory, intimate storytelling and sharp humour. The production premiered at the 2023 Dublin Theatre Festival and, following a sold-out run there and a tour of Ireland, now makes its UK premiere.
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Stack is the writer and performer, with Ann Blake as performance director. The show is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project and was funded by Culture Island; its development won a Dublin Theatre Festival Futures Bursary in 2021. It plays in Traverse 2, with the first performance on Friday 13 November at 7:00pm, followed by a matinee on Saturday 14 November at 2:00pm and an evening show that same night at 7:00pm. Tickets range from £5.50 to £17.
