Malaprop: HOTHOUSE

Malaprop, one of Ireland’s most talked-about emerging theatre companies, makes its U.S. debut with HOTHOUSE. Awarded Best Production at the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival, this zany, poignant story of love, loss, and legacy is set on an Arctic cruise ship that takes you—the passenger—on a journey to bid farewell to the ice caps. Sail through an intergenerational tale complete with horny songbirds, a mad captain, Rachel Carson, and wanting to change, but not knowing how.

Writer: Carys Coburn
Director: Claire O’Reilly
Set and Costume Designer: Molly O’Cathain
Lighting Designer: John Gunning
Producer: Caoimhe Whelan
Songs and Music: Anna Clock
Stage Manager: Sara Gannon
Performed by: Ebby O’Toole Acheampong, Thommas Kane Byrne, Peter Corboy, Bláithín Mac Gabhann, Maeve O’Mahony

Please be advised this performance includes instances of loud noise, strobe lights, haze, and references to sensitive topics such as domestic violence and suicide

★★★★★ “Deadly serious and wildly funny…a rollicking performance”—THE IRISH TIMES

“A production of such unbridled brilliance it’s practically flawless”—THE ARTS REVIEW

WINNER
Best Production and Best Design Ensemble
DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2023

GROUP PACKAGES 

Bring your friends, family, and colleagues for a night of theatre and hospitality at Irish Arts Center. Learn more about group packages here.

COMMUNITY MATINEE

Irish Arts Center is inviting students from local high schools, with parental permission, free admission to the Saturday, November 9 matinee of HOTHOUSE.  If you are, or know, a young person who would like to attend, with an adult of their choice, please email jessie@irishartscenter.org by 5pm on Wednesday, November 6. (Subject to availability)

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland and Tourism Ireland, and promotional support from GrowNYC.