Michelle Maher takes depression from her journals to the stage

WHAT started as a journal entry noting her depression has now become a play for first-time playwright Michelle Maher.

Two Sides of the Coin will be premiered at the Firkin Crane as part of First Fortnight, the national arts-based mental-health awareness festival, now in its seventh year.

Directed by Carol O’Donovan of Cork-based Light Star Theatre Company, the play is about a teacher called Alison who appears to have everything, but deep down, is tortured by self-loathing and feelings of worthlessness.