DENOUEMENT at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast on the 23rd of October 2025
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DENOUEMENT at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast on the 23 rd of October 2025 Patrick O'Kane as Liam and Anna Healy as Edel This new play Denouement at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, was a pleasant surprise as the content diverged from the expected literary content, as expressed by the play’s title. Ultimately, the play was not overly literary, but a better title would enhance things. Extraordinary elements are explained by the surround sound of a world war which is sometimes far and sometimes harrowingly close. Television sets scattered around the set send warnings but also entertain with banal musicals. Old technology like a typewriter is contrasted with jarringly new elements like mobile phones and the internet. Minor catastrophes intrude on Liam and Edel’s existence such as a crashed van and distant explosions. Friends phone the couple to be admonished. A constant metallic buzz surrounds the action, murmuring irritatingly, becoming a crescendo. ...