The Decriminalisation Monologues

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Winner of the National GALA Award for Irish Arts and Entertainment. Nominated for Best New Play: Brighton Fringe, Prague Fringe, Manchester Fringe.

Moira, an ambitious young civil servant in 1970s Dublin, is forced to confront being blackmailed at work for who she is. Does she just submit to it, or fight back and risk everything that she’s worked for?

Mark moves, very reluctantly, from London to rural Ireland to live with his Irish boyfriend where they start up a gay friendly guesthouse and is surprised when it becomes a big success. But it’s the 1980’s, gay men are dropping like flies, and when tragedy strikes he is forced to confront a society that doesn’t acknowledge his existence.

Homosexuality was finally decriminalised in Ireland in June 1993. The thousands of gay people imprisoned, taunted and brutalised by the State finally received an apology on the 25th anniversary of this event.

The Decriminalisation Monologues tells the stories of the ordinary gay people who showed the courage and bravery that ensured that equality finally came.

These stories are drawn from discussions with older gay people in Ireland. Stories that will shock today’s generation. Stories that show how we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NORTH WEST END

‘It is a true example of theatre that can change the way you think and it will resonate with me for a long, long time. ‘

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

“The Decriminalisation Monologues is a powerful play and a tribute to the courage of those people willing to challenge everyday injustice.”