Too Much of Nothing

by Mark O Halloran & David Wilmot
directed by Jaimie Carswell

Too Much of Nothing is set in a large café in contemporary Ireland. In the play two lovable losers from the outer margins of Irish society grapple with their personal demons and confront what they regard as the major preoccupations of the new millennium. Through humorous arguments about modern Ireland, mobile phones, and coffee culture, the play manages to confront some of the serious questions of our times with humour and absurdity. It is insightful comedy about two social misfits whose afternoon chat highlights the contrariness and even madness of modern times.

In this production Wayne O Connor plays Dominic, an unemployed intellectual whose place in modern Dublin can be described quite simply as a round peg in a square hole. The neurotic twenty-something has decided to opt out of the Celtic Tiger rat race, choosing instead to point out its absurdities and shortcomings. Bob Kelly takes on the role of Christy - an aspiring poet who is struggling to break through his writer's block, while at the same time deal with his own personal family problems. Christy's relationship with his father comes under some close inspection and provides the impetus to his return to the difficult world of the artist.

Written by Mark O'Halloran (author and star of the film Adam and Paul) and David Wilmot and directed by Jaimie Carswell, Too Much of Nothing ran at the Hawk's Well Theatre Sligo in 2003 & 2005 and went on to tour in Ireland.

Photo: Wayne O Connor as Dominic.

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