From Joe O’Byrne, the award winning writer and director of The Haunting of Blaine Manor, The Bench, Strawberry Jack and Diane’s Deli, comes another Tale from Paradise Heights.
Take a ride tonight, with The Dogz of Paradise Heights…
It’s Halloween in the Heights, and the Storm of the Century is rolling in off the Irish Sea to the bay town. But something is coming through on that storm, something not of this world…
As the storm crackles across the airwaves disrupting communications, strange voices whisper through the radios at Lucky Cabs, and a mysterious caller wants a taxi to a house that burned down years ago. Out on the streets, there are sightings, wailings — and something moving in the dark. At the centre of it all is Lisa MacGeehan, boss of Lucky Cabs taxi rank. Her decision to turn grass after a local gangland shooting has left her business boycotted, her drivers threatened, and her nights haunted by more than guilt.
Whatever is out there in that storm, Lisa knows it’s heading for the rank.
With riots flaring, the police stretched thin, and Death himself stalking the town, Lisa must face the ghosts of her past — and survive the longest night of her life.
Featuring characters from The Bench and Strawberry Jack, Rank is a taut, supernatural urban thriller — in the flavour of Jimmy McGovern meets Stephen King on the storm lashed streets of Paradise Heights.
Reviews
“It was a beautiful piece of work. Gripping, moving, woundingly well acted...it deserves to run and run. And run. Jim Cartwright has got some serious competition in the local playwright states.”
Steve Balshaw, Grimmfest
“The strength of this production as with most of O’Byrne's pieces lies in the writing, as he has a style that juxtaposes sharp dry humour with searching and searing dialogue.”
John Roberts, Whatsonstage.com
“All I can say is – if you haven’t been to watch any of the ‘Paradise Heights’ plays – do so as soon as possible. They are dark, funny, terrifying, sad, and most of all, they are unlike anything else currently on offer.”
Mysterious Times
“...O'Byrne's latest creation and possibly his best, maintains and almost unbearably tense atmosphere.”
Manchester Metro
“This is hardcore drama of the first degree.”
The Salford Star
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