In Two Minds

Four-time Fringe First and Olivier award-winning Fishamble returns to the Traverse.

Explored through the dynamic of a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal, inventive, funny and life-affirming. From writer Joanne Ryan (Lustrum Award winner) and director Sarah Jane Scaife (Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona) comes a tale of an adult child and parent sharing the same home. Pom Boyd (The Dry) and Karen McCartney (A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings) perform a delicate piece grappling with mental health, love and humanity. In Two Minds finds insight in the darkness, humour in the pain, and tenderness in difficult family dynamics.

Winner of the Green Room Award for Best New Play

In Two Minds is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.

Image: Leo Byrne and Publicis Dublin

Fishamble is supported by The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council. In Two Minds had its World Premiere in October 2023 as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. This run is part of the Culture Ireland Edinburgh Showcase.

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Reviews

★★★★★ ‘Brittle, brutal, loving and forgiving’ – British Theatre Guide

★★★★ ‘Vivid, heartfelt, and sometimes beautiful’ – The Scotsman

★★★★ ‘Quietly deft direction…clever, intuitive design…script and performances take flight’ - The Irish Times

★★★★ ‘Superbly nuanced performance’ – Fest Mag

★★★★ ‘Moving and ultimately optimistic’ – Across The Arts

★★★★ ‘A cathartic 80 minutes of theatre’ – The Arts Desk

★★★★ ‘Boyd's performance is flawless’ – Bouquets & Brickbats

★★★★ 'A deft and life-affirming piece about the power of love' – Three Weeks

★★★★ ‘The early gentleness of this play is what makes it so disarming’ – Broadway World

‘Brilliantly performed’ - The Guardian

‘Well-observed and well-performed’ - The Stage

‘The show really was for everyone’ - Voice Mag

‘Touching work about mental illness and its impacts…full of heartfelt dignity… this moving work feels utterly authentic’- Irish Independent

‘It succeeds excellently…career-defining performance’ - Sunday Independent

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