Chairs, The

Photo by Peter Crann

In a lighthouse on the edge of civilisation, an old man and an old woman are waiting.

They await the arrival of the town's people to their home. Everyone, from the Mayor to the Blacksmith, the Colonel to the Courtesan will be there. It is possible the Emperor himself may attend. Because tonight, after a long life of bewilderment and underachievement, the old man has finally decided to tell all.

Eugene Ionesco's The Chairs is one of the most merciless and unrelenting interrogations of life and living ever written for the stage; a mind-spinning tragic farce.

Blue Raincoat are one of Ireland's most celebrated theatre companies, and the only full-time ensemble in the country. They make a welcome return to the Traverse after their inspired adaptations of Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman and At Swim Two Birds.