Epiphany
Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland, T23 X72D
Wednesday 23 September 2026 - Saturday 26 September 2026
Presented by tenderfire
Epiphany
Written and performed by Lesley Conroy
Directed by Fiana Toibin
Following the sold-out World Premiere at the 2026 Bloomsday Festival, in this bold reimagining of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’, Gretta Conroy takes centre stage at the Misses Morkan’s annual supper party. A night filled with music, dancing and genteel skirmishes.
If you are a fan of Joyce and ‘The Dead ’, come and see the story as told from Gretta’s point of view. Gretta gives voice to the preoccupations of mid-life, motherhood and marriage - the secrets you share with your friends in the early hours of the morning.
This unique production expands the female voice in the Joyce canon beyond Molly Bloom, and Nora & Lucia Joyce.
Themes of love, loss and longing are excavated under the ghost weight of the past.
Mail on Sunday ****
‘Thrilling Interpretation of Joyce’s Story’.
‘Evocative classic The Dead gets a retelling from a female perspective – and it’s brilliant. Lesley Conroy owns the stage.’
The Reviews Hub ****
Epiphany written and performed by Lesley Conroy and directed by Fiana Toibin encapsulates the perfect character study of Gretta Conroy in James Joyce’s short story “The Dead”.
THE ARTS REVIEW ****
‘Conroy conjures an entire world from thin air, seamlessly folding past and present into one another. Delivering with ease the theatrical somersault of a one-woman, multi-character show.’
Director: Fiana Toibin
Written and Performed by: Lesley Conroy
Assistant Director: Sinead O’Connor Ringwood
Lighting design: Cathy O’Carroll
Set & Costume: Dara Gill
Sound: Brian Dillon
Music: Anne-Marie Papin Labazordière
Choreography: Muirne Bloomer
Production images: Al Craig
tenderfire is a new initiative founded by Lesley Conroy that amplifies the female voice in emotionally charged narratives for stage & screen.
Epiphany was funded by The Arts Council, dlr Arts Grant, dlr Mountain to Sea Bursary, Cork Theatre Collective Space to Play award & Laois Arts Office Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary.
Duration: 60mins
Tickets: €18
Age Limit: 14+
Epiphany
Written and performed by Lesley Conroy
Directed by Fiana Toibin
Following the sold-out World Premiere at the 2026 Bloomsday Festival, in this bold reimagining of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’, Gretta Conroy takes centre stage at the Misses Morkan’s annual supper party. A night filled with music, dancing and genteel skirmishes.
If you are a fan of Joyce and ‘The Dead ’, come and see the story as told from Gretta’s point of view. Gretta gives voice to the preoccupations of mid-life, motherhood and marriage - the secrets you share with your friends in the early hours of the morning.
This unique production expands the female voice in the Joyce canon beyond Molly Bloom, and Nora & Lucia Joyce.
Themes of love, loss and longing are excavated under the ghost weight of the past.
Mail on Sunday ****
‘Thrilling Interpretation of Joyce’s Story’.
‘Evocative classic The Dead gets a retelling from a female perspective – and it’s brilliant. Lesley Conroy owns the stage.’
The Reviews Hub ****
Epiphany written and performed by Lesley Conroy and directed by Fiana Toibin encapsulates the perfect character study of Gretta Conroy in James Joyce’s short story “The Dead”.
THE ARTS REVIEW ****
‘Conroy conjures an entire world from thin air, seamlessly folding past and present into one another. Delivering with ease the theatrical somersault of a one-woman, multi-character show.’
Director: Fiana Toibin
Written and Performed by: Lesley Conroy
Assistant Director: Sinead O’Connor Ringwood
Lighting design: Cathy O’Carroll
Set & Costume: Dara Gill
Sound: Brian Dillon
Music: Anne-Marie Papin Labazordière
Choreography: Muirne Bloomer
Production images: Al Craig
tenderfire is a new initiative founded by Lesley Conroy that amplifies the female voice in emotionally charged narratives for stage & screen.
Epiphany was funded by The Arts Council, dlr Arts Grant, dlr Mountain to Sea Bursary, Cork Theatre Collective Space to Play award & Laois Arts Office Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary.
Duration: 60mins
Tickets: €18
Age Limit: 14+
