Euripides’s greatest tragedy, Medea, revived and relocated to the rural bogs of modern day Ireland. Hester Swane, the daughter of a traveller and an outcast from her local community receives a fateful message; leave the bog or die. On the morning of the wedding day of the love of her life, the father of her child, Hester chooses to remain, whatever the cost. A heart wrenching tale of abandonment, betrayal and vengeance at any cost, with a wicked sense of humour and chilling inevitability. With a rich set of characters, and a lyrical poeticism, By the Bog of Cats shifts between the mythic and the literal to create an otherworldly, yet painfully plausible chain of events
In an exciting new production, Minotaur Theatre Company combine emotional realism with haunting live music to bring Carr’s masterpiece to life.
“I’d burn down the world if I’d enough diesel – Will somewan not come and save me from meself before I go and do worse?”
Hester Swane
BY THE BOG OF CATS
by Marina Carr
CREW
Directors
Assistant Director: Edel McCormick
Musical Director: Sam Day
Production Manager: Laura Nucinkis
Stage Mngr.: Gemma Aked-Priestley
ASM: Tess Castella
Tech: Sophy Plumb
Costume
Musicians
Joe Caplin, Ali Dunk, Abigail Stewart, Charlotte Gocher, Sam Day
CAST
Hester - Emma Jennings
Carthage - James Thorpe
Mrs Kilbridge - Molly McGeachin
Xavier - Josh Husselbee
Cat Woman - Sian Duggan
Monica - Georgia Allen
Caroline - Bridie Heathcote
Father Willow - Ollie Partington
Big Josie Swane - Maeve Hamill
Little Josie S. - Imogen McKenzie
Young Dunne - Charlotte Gocher
Josef Swane - Ali Dunk
Ghost Fancier - Joe Caplin
