"No Woman is an Island" - Róisín Stack

CULTURE NIGHT | Friday 18th September | 8pm.

No Woman is an Island, a wry solo performance about woman’s tireless pursuit of alone time, comes to Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon this Culture Night, Friday 18th September, at 8pm. Written and performed by Ennistymon native Róisín Stack, the piece sold-out its previous runs in Galway and Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 and plays Ennistymon as part of a tour encompassing Galway, Limerick, Kerry, Dublin and Edinburgh. The Culture Night performance is free to attend but capacity is limited for this special gallery version of the production.

‘It’s brilliant to be presenting the work at home in Ennistymon,’ said Stack who lives only a few doors down from the gallery. ‘The piece was developed here with the support of Ennistymon Community Centre in 2023 and I’ve since been working on new projects in the Courthouse Gallery as one of their Associate Member Artists, so it’s great to be showing a full production here on Culture Night.’ The piece, which chronicles the process of making a performance intercut with scenes from a marriage and a chronology of solitude, went on to critical acclaim with the Irish Times declaring it ‘not to be missed.’

No Woman is an Island is part stand-up, part lecture, part confessional. Inspired by auto-fiction, in which theory is blended with personal narrative, the piece gives a history of female solitude from a creative and spiritual perspective. This history is intercut with vignettes from a relationship, insights into the creative process, projected quotes from great women thinkers, and dance parties set to techno.

The event is free to attend and no booking is required but it should be noted that unlike other Culture Night events, audiences cannot be readmitted should they leave the gallery at any point. Details of the full No Woman is an Island tour can be seen on www.roisinstack.com. The tour is supported by Arts Council Ireland and Culture Ireland.