Asylum Productions in association with Cork Opera House, UCC Department of Theatre/Granary Theatre and Once Off Productions
present Daughter of God by Roderick Ford.

Three sisters are trapped in a dystopian nightmare in Roderick Ford's powerful tale of death, disability and desire.
In the world outside their flat, an emergent fascist state is "cleansing" disabled people from society.
Inside, Yobby, locked in her cage, dreams of killing her little sister Caoimhe.

Caoimhe, locked in her leg braces, dreams of her headless lover.

Their sick mother, Yulia, fearing for the future, pleads with God on the telephone.

God refuses to respond.

But God alone knows what fresh hell will happen when middle sister Neon says she's leaving to find a future of her own.

Acclaimed theatrical innovators Asylum Productions will collaborate with playwright & poet Roderick Ford to bring his unique vision to the stage this March at the Granary Theatre. Leaning into magical realism, Daughter of God explores the autistic experience of life in a neurotypical world, and the struggle to exist in a society that does not fit.

In Daughter of God, a mother and her three daughters have isolated themselves from society and are bound together by secrets, sickness and mutual dependency. Their situation is about to change with devastating results when one of them gets an opportunity to have a different future.

Daughter of God explores the fragility of life between reclusiveness and a yearning for connection. A family of marginalised solitaries, who nevertheless find their own ways of coping, from living in a self-constructed imaginary world, to fighting in the street.

This powerful play uproots traditional dramatic realism, from which people with autism are mainly excluded, and creates an exciting and accessible platform that echoes the autistic imaginative universe. Rich in playfulness and humour, this is a new work that encourages us all to look through the window from the inside out, and will intrigue and challenge in equal measure.

Daughter of God is produced in association with Cork Opera House, UCC Department of Theatre/Granary Theatre and Once Off Productions.

Cast: Megan Haly, Claire Loy, Michaela Murphy, Eleanor Walsh
Written by Roderick Ford
Directed by Donal Gallagher
Set and Costume Design: Medb Lambert
Lighting Design: Drew McCarthy Sound Design: Cormac O’Connor

Show Information:

Wed 8 – Sat 11 March at 8pm
Granary Theatre, Dept. of Theatre, University College Cork
Tickets: €20, €10 concession, €5 students.
Duration: approx. 90 minutes with no interval