Theatre review: How These Desperate Men Talk

Graepel’s Factory, Kinsale

Staged mostly inside a metal perforation factory in the dark of night, Corcadorca’s Irish premiere of Enda Walsh’s absorbing play is unsettling and potentially explosive. But ironically, it is the threatening presence of a gun that keeps two desperate men alive and talking.

Even when the talking becomes too disturbing, John (David Pearse) remains stuck in his narrative, repeating his story, egged on by Dave (Tadhg Murphy).