{"id":34302,"date":"2019-11-01T18:52:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=34302"},"modified":"2019-11-01T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:03:42","slug":"we-cant-have-monkeys-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=34302","title":{"rendered":"We Can’t Have Monkeys in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Concluding Near FM\u2019s series of new audio drama written exclusively by women, we present \u2018We Can\u2019t Have Monkeys in the House\u2019 by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth.<\/p>\n

We Can\u2019t Have Monkeys in the House<\/em>\u00a0is a dark, absurd comedy about a family divided by lethal maternal misogyny. Four sisters are reunited shortly after their mother has had a near fatal heart attack. Mammy is on life support and her daughters have to decide her fate.<\/p>\n

Estranged daughter John returns to her Dublin home, following a 15-year absence working in Belfast. Her three sisters are all still living at home. The family now faces the dilemma of whether or not to turn off the machines that are keeping their elderly, dementia-suffering mother alive. Eldest sister Leslie has taken over the position of matriarch and is uncomfortably displaced by John\u2019s return. Twins Cinnamon and Neil are in equal parts excited by John\u2019s presence. An argument\u00a0ensues\u00a0over the merits of keeping their mother alive and answers are revealed to questions long forgotten.<\/p>\n

The play is presented as an absurdist dark comedy told over 60 minutes. This is a comedy about family, featuring outlandish conflicts and bitter sibling rivalries, but it has a dark heart that beats insistently behind the laughs.\u00a0The comedy is sharp and plentiful allowing the play to deal with heavy issues such as betrayal, injustice and inbred misogyny.<\/p>\n

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Cast:<\/strong>
\nLESLIE \u2013 Camille Lucy Ross
\nJOHN \u2013 Ash O\u2019Mara
\nNEIL \u2013 Meg Healy
\nCINNAMON \u2013 Dani Galligan<\/p>\n

Directed by Olivia Songer<\/p>\n

Music from\u00a0https:\/\/filmmusic.io<\/a>
\n\u201cSpace 1990\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (https:\/\/incompetech.com<\/a>)
\nLicense: CC BY (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

FIRST BROADCAST – 1st November 2019<\/p>\n

Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Concluding Near FM\u2019s series of new audio drama written exclusively by women, we present \u2018We Can\u2019t Have Monkeys in the House\u2019 by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth. We Can\u2019t Have Monkeys in the House\u00a0is a dark, absurd comedy about a family divided by lethal maternal misogyny. Four sisters are reunited shortly after their mother has had a […]<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (Duration: 53:02 — 121.4MB)<\/p>

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