Theatre Review: Helen and I at the Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
A melodrama dealing with difficult family relations, bitter pasts, frustrated dreams, and pent-up emotions, Meadhbh McHugh’s promising debut, produced under the wing of Druid, courts familiar scenarios and tropes, but reinvigorates these with rich dialogue and intriguing characters.
As adult sisters, Cathy Belton (Helen) and Rebecca O’Mara (Lynn) are perfectly pitched. Reunited in the family home to hold vigil over their dying father, the pair are knotted together by a difficult childhood and unresolved tensions.
