The Beacon review: Stormy seas for West Cork-set play

Nancy Harris's play is set on an island off the coast of Cork 

Geraldine Hughes and Ayoola Smart in The Beacon at the Everyman. Picture: Miki Barlok

The Beacon, Everyman Theatre, Cork ★★★☆☆

There’s no mistaking where we are with The Beacon, a bank of large video screens on the Everyman Theatre stage projecting images of a roiling ocean, and a smoke machine sending a veil of sea mist across the auditorium. It’s a bold and stylish opening to this play by Dublin writer Nancy Harris, originally commissioned by Druid Theatre.