Theatre review: Futureproof, Everyman, Cork (Midsummer Festival)

The Irish premiere of this curious, entertaining, and thought-provoking play by Cork-born writer, Lynda Radley, takes a while to gain momentum.

But, in a way, this is appropriate, as the play is about a bunch of world-weary so-called freaks who are on their last legs, as members of Riley’s travelling Odditorium. The freaks comprise conjoined twins, the world’s fattest man, a mermaid, a bearded, armless lady and a hermaphrodite.