Limerick show to take audiences on a rollercoaster
This show takes place this week
THROUGH an unforgettable backpacking story, a man will remind his Limerick audience not to be afraid to ‘ask for help’.
Eoin Ryan will perform the play, Trawled, at the Friars’ Gate Theatre in Kilmallock, on Friday, February 23.
The play tells the story of how an adventure quickly took a turn as the protagonist is plunged into unforeseen trials, testing his very limits of survival.
An exuberant story of adventure, crisis and brutality culminating in an unforgettable moment of redemptive grace, Trawled is a one-man show written, produced, and acted by Eoin Ryan.
Eoin published the original story as a book in 2019 after his time working on a prawn trawler off the coast of Australia in 1999.
In 2022, he performed in TEDx Wexford, the feedback of which gave him the inspiration and the validation to expand the talk into the one-man play.
“Having never done anything in theatre before, I still felt compelled to bring this play to life. My hope is that once you experience Trawled, you’ll understand why,” said Eoin, not wishing to give too many surprises away.
Due to the content and subject of the play, it comes with an over 16s recommendation.
The audience will be taken into a rarely seen world of hard labour and even harder fishermen. Drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life. What begins as an adventure, degenerates quickly into a gripping story to stay alive.
According to Eoin, the story contains some important life lessons which might influence people to seek a different path in life.
“I believe that anyone struggling in life could benefit from the way I dealt with the challenges I encountered. They might see themselves in my struggle,” he explained.
Trawled will take you on an “75-minute rollercoaster”. Tickets are available via www.friarsgate.ie