Louise O'Neill Asking For It wins Audience Choice Award at Irish Theatre Awards

Asking for It shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.

The who’s who of the Irish theatre world took over Dublin’s National Concert Hall last night for The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.

And it was the stage adaption Louise O'Neill’s novel, Asking for It who turned up trumps by taking home the Audience Choice Award with over 3,000 public votes.