Drama based on Listowel sex attack case ‘dark tale of small-town solidarity’

A CONTROVERSIAL drama based on shocking scenes in a Kerry court last December, when 50 people lined up to shake hands with convicted sex attacker Danny Foley yards away from his victim, is to premiere at an arts festival next week.

Listowel Syndrome, an abstract dance piece “inspired” by the incident at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court, will be shown at the ABSOLUT Dublin Fringe Festival between September 17 and 20.

Festival organisers stress that the performance is an interpretation of the scandal and should not be seen as an exact step-by-step account of what happened.