Cork Midsummer review: Pool play dives in with ambitious production at Metropole
Liv O'Donoghue, Jacob McCarthy, Evanna Lynch, and Rowan Finken in Pool (No Water). Picture: Marcin Lewandowski
Pool (No Water), Metropole Hotel, Cork Midsummer Festival, ★★★☆☆
Pool (No Water) by the British playwright Mark Ravenhill was first staged in 2006, the subject matter of art and its commodification reflecting the era of the YBAs, when artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin exploded onto the scene, using rotting sharks, bodily fluids and their personal lives as raw material.
