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The Gist of It

By Rodney Lee

The Gist of It is a new, fast, furious and wicked 90-minute drama of misunderstandings about three people who desperately want to be loved.

Film student Orla wants to complete her precious masterpiece, featuring a reluctant butterfly, before the weekend is through. But her love-sick lead, Liam, and her neurotic father, Gerard, seem determined to sabotage her genius.

Orla, Liam, Gerard and the butterfly are all scrambling for the perfect ending. Well, that’s the gist of it…
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Following the huge success of Monged in 2005, Fishamble returns to the Dublin stage with another new play in its ‘Fishamble Firsts’ series. Rodney Lee is the winner of numerous screenwriting awards. The Gist of It is his first play.


Created by

Writer Rodney Lee
Director Jim Culleton
Production Design by Sonia Haccius
Lighting Design bySinead McKenna
Sound Design by Vincent Doherty & Ivan Birthistle
Projection Design byOne Productions
Produced by Orla Flanagan

Cast

Amy Conroy
Philip O’Sullivan
​Paul Reid

Touring

2006
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Premiere Project Cube, 21st February – 11th March 2006

Reviews

‘‘The Gist of It is a first play, part of Fishamble’s splendidly productive project of introducing new voices to the Irish theatre…well-honed sense of structure… ingenious designs…a good deal of well-worked fun… energised performances’ 
The Irish Times

‘mastery of dialogue…knock out, funny lines…played with gusto’ 
The Sunday Tribune

‘a nugget of true-life comedy gold’ 
RTE.ie

‘sharp and highly entertaining…wonderfully wicked comedy…an entertaining night of contemporary theatre’ 
dublinks.com
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very funny…performances were fantastic…brilliant’ 
RTÉ The View
‘an entertaining and quite accomplished debut…a lot of laughs…crackling dialogue…hilarious characters…performed with gusto’ 
The Event Guide


‘fun, fast-paced and intimate drama…well directed…three fine actors, perfectly cast…well worth seeing’ 
The Dubliner

‘**** finely-tuned and thoroughly enjoyable’ 
The Sunday Business Post

‘original and imaginative’ 
The Sunday Independent
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  • About
    • Meet the Team
    • Board & Governance
    • Community Engagement
    • Fishamble Diaries
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  • Productions
    • 2020 Productions
      • On Blueberry Hill
      • Embargo
      • Mustard
      • Pat Kinevane Plays
        • Before
        • Underneath
        • Silent
        • Forgotten
      • Tiny Plays 24/7
      • Maz and Bricks
    • 30 years of Fishamble
    • A Play for Ireland
      • Playwrights
  • Artist Supports
    • Dramaturgy Development Programme
    • Duets
    • Fishamble New Writing Award
    • Mentoring & Workshops
    • New Play Clinic
    • The New Play Conference
    • Playwriting Courses
    • Send Us Your Writing
    • Show In A Bag
  • Support Fishamble
    • Become a Friend
    • Donate
    • Corporate Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Thank you
  • #TinyPlayChallenge
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