Jade City

“Alice Malseed’s two-hander comes dense and sticky with language, East Belfast place names and Northern Irish accents and flips in time…there is something undeniably powerful in this story of two men bound together by a shared childhood and the imaginary games they used to play”- Lyn Gardner, StageDoor

★★★★ Theatre Weekly
★★★★ Breaking the Fourth Wall

Sas and Monty are trapped in this place, and in their heads. From the working men’s to Monty’s empty flat, their only escape comes from The Game: as bin men finding stolen cash under the mattress, as seagulls poaching lurchers or just themselves knocking back breakfast cocktails in Jamaica.

Only Sas doesn’t want to play anymore. He wants to talk. About girls, his head and that summer they can’t forget.

Jade City is a lyrical and disarming piece exploring the friendship between two young east Belfast men, a game they’ve played since childhood and one night that binds them together.

Writer: Alice Malseed
Cast: Brendan Quinn and Barry Calvert
Lighting Design: Tim Kelly
Sound Design: Michael Mormecha
Stage Management: Philippa Mannion
Set & Costume: Tim Kelly
Producer: Isabel Sharman
Produced by View From Here
Venues: City of Belfast Boxing Academy, VAULT Festival and Bunker Theatre - 2018 & 2019
Production photos by Lottie Amor 2019