Theatre Review: The Sin Eaters
First, dispense with the word ‘play’. For the eight audience members at each performance of The Sin Eaters at the Pigeon House, by Poolbeg generating station, this really is an experience that’s far, far away from any conventional set-up of actors on stage and public watching them from their seats.
Instead, you’re ushered from room to room as the all-female cast immerse you in various scenarios from the less savoury chapters of Ireland’s recent history. Words like ‘Granard’ and ‘Tuam’ are uttered; surreal scenes of institutional incarceration are acted out with minimal dialogue.
