Welcome to Primrose Square, where life is like a cross between The Valley of the Squinting Windows and The Good Life. All human life is here; love and heartbreak, tragedy and loss, sex, lies and not forgetting outdoor Pilates classes on the Square, followed by chai lattes to go.
At number eighteen, there’s Susan, who spends her nights standing out on the street in pitch darkness outside an eighteen-year-old boy’s home, staring, just staring up at his bedroom window. She’s no deranged stalker though. She’s just an ordinary woman dealing with the unimaginable the only way she knows how.
Then there’s her daughter Melissa, fourteen years of age and desperately trying to keep up some semblance of normality at home. But with her mother acting like a crazy lady and the bitchiness of the bullies in school, what chance has she?
Right next door is Jayne, sixty-something years young, Pollyanna-positive and determined to squeeze every last drop of enjoyment out of life. Normally she takes a kind, almost grandmotherly care of young Melissa, but as the play opens, she has other matters on her mind.
‘I’ve got news,’ she tells her son Jason and his awful wife, over a family dinner. ‘Big news.’ She’s all excited and hopes they’ll be happy for her. They’re not though. Jayne drops the bombshell and the ensuing row can be heard from the far side of the Square. But she holds firm. Because you’re never too old to start really living, now are you?
The Secrets of Primrose Square is three interwoven stories based on a simple quote by Eleanor Roosevelt. ‘A woman is like a tea bag. You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.’
FAQ - Online Shows
- Please note tickets are non-refundable or exchangeable after purchase.
- €15 per device. One device per booking.
- A unique link will be emailed to you at 7:30pm on your chosen date.
- The show will be available for 24 hours after the final date of 10 July. If you book for 07 July, you will have access to the show for 4 days; if you book for later in the run you will have less time to watch the show.
- Box Office Technical Support is available from 10am-6pm Monday-Friday, by email at boxoffice@draiocht.ie or by phone on (01) 885 2622. If you wish to view the show outside of these times, we suggest you try your show link during these times on your chosen device to ensure it is working. Before show time, you will be sent to a virtual waiting room. It’s important that you test the link with the device on which you wish to view the show.
- If you would like to see this presentation on your television, you can connect your chosen streaming device (Laptop, PC, Tablet or Mobile), with a suitable cable to your television and then mirror your devices screen. When you click the show link from your email, what you see on your device will be mirrored on your television. If you are using a phone or a tablet you will need some form of adapter to HDMI/VGA which are widely available.
- IMPORTANT: Do not share your show access code! Your code can be used by your device only. Multiple usage of the code by different IP addresses will result in users being locked out of the show.
