How long have you been here, John?
– I don’t know.
And what brought you here?
– That’s difficult to answer.

John Kane is sitting on a hospital gurney, and very shortly a jazz percussionist, two women called Mary, a very old man and a giant lobster will arrive.

Then everything will start.

Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival are partnering once more to bring to the stage a new play by Enda Walsh. Medicine will receive its world premiere performance at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival in August prior to its opening at GIAF 2021 in September. Medicine is the latest co-production from Landmark and GIAF the team that brought you Walsh’s Misterman, Ballyturk and Arlington.

Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist work that shatters the boundary between cast and audience. It is a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we call ‘mentally ill‘.

This production features a sensational cast – Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin and Domhnall Gleeson, and drummer Seán Carpio – as Enda Walsh once again shines a light on the darkest corners of our collective stories. Walsh returns with his regular team of world–class collaborators: designers Jamie Vartan [set], Adam Silverman [lighting], Helen Atkinson [sound], Joan O’Clery [costume] and composer Teho Teardo, with live drumming composed and performed by Seán Carpio.

How long have you been here, John?
– I don’t know.
And what brought you here?
– That’s difficult to answer.

John Kane is sitting on a hospital gurney, and very shortly a jazz percussionist, two women called Mary, a very old man and a giant lobster will arrive.

Then everything will start.

Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival are partnering once more to bring to the stage a new play by Enda Walsh. Medicine will receive its world premiere performance at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival in August prior to its opening at GIAF 2021 in September. Medicine is the latest co-production from Landmark and GIAF the team that brought you Walsh’s Misterman, Ballyturk and Arlington.

Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist work that shatters the boundary between cast and audience. It is a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we call ‘mentally ill‘.

This production features a sensational cast – Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin and Domhnall Gleeson, and drummer Seán Carpio – as Enda Walsh once again shines a light on the darkest corners of our collective stories. Walsh returns with his regular team of world–class collaborators: designers Jamie Vartan [set], Adam Silverman [lighting], Helen Atkinson [sound], Joan O’Clery [costume] and composer Teho Teardo, with live drumming composed and performed by Seán Carpio.

How long have you been here, John?
– I don’t know.
And what brought you here?
– That’s difficult to answer.

John Kane is sitting on a hospital gurney, and very shortly a jazz percussionist, two women called Mary, a very old man and a giant lobster will arrive.

Then everything will start.

Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival are partnering once more to bring to the stage a new play by Enda Walsh. Medicine will receive its world premiere performance at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival in August prior to its opening at GIAF 2021 in September. Medicine is the latest co-production from Landmark and GIAF the team that brought you Walsh’s Misterman, Ballyturk and Arlington.

Medicine is a dark and frequently absurdist work that shatters the boundary between cast and audience. It is a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we call ‘mentally ill‘.

This production features a sensational cast – Clare Barrett, Aoife Duffin and Domhnall Gleeson, and drummer Seán Carpio – as Enda Walsh once again shines a light on the darkest corners of our collective stories. Walsh returns with his regular team of world–class collaborators: designers Jamie Vartan [set], Adam Silverman [lighting], Helen Atkinson [sound], Joan O’Clery [costume] and composer Teho Teardo, with live drumming composed and performed by Seán Carpio.

Thomas Magill (托马斯 · 马吉尔)，33岁，一名狂热的宗教信徒。虽身居小镇Inishfree，但在Thomas的世界里，小镇是虚幻的，他臆想中的世界才最真实。Thomas的日常即每天去镇上巡视村民的言行举止，他深信，只要足够努力，他就能帮村民洗去罪恶，净化灵魂，拯救世界，他也能藉此升入天国，与上帝同行:"我和上帝俯视着经我们努力后焕然一新的世界，欣慰地笑了，这是一个多么美好的世界。" Thomas对一切的掌控欲归根结底不过是一场对自己思想的虚妄操控，这是一片更广阔的世界，无影无形，神秘危险，难以企及，其结局注定是白费功夫。
《无名先生》是爱尔兰著名剧作家Enda Walsh (恩达 · 沃尔什) 于1999年创作的剧本，是一部有着Samuel Beckett (塞缪尔 · 贝克特) 式独白风格的戏剧作品。剧中只有一个真实出现在舞台上的角色Thomas Magill，其他角色将通过声音的方式来呈现。

Thomas Magill (托马斯 · 马吉尔)，33岁，一名狂热的宗教信徒。虽身居小镇Inishfree，但在Thomas的世界里，小镇是虚幻的，他臆想中的世界才最真实。Thomas的日常即每天去镇上巡视村民的言行举止，他深信，只要足够努力，他就能帮村民洗去罪恶，净化灵魂，拯救世界，他也能藉此升入天国，与上帝同行:"我和上帝俯视着经我们努力后焕然一新的世界，欣慰地笑了，这是一个多么美好的世界。" Thomas对一切的掌控欲归根结底不过是一场对自己思想的虚妄操控，这是一片更广阔的世界，无影无形，神秘危险，难以企及，其结局注定是白费功夫。
《无名先生》是爱尔兰著名剧作家Enda Walsh (恩达 · 沃尔什) 于1999年创作的剧本，是一部有着Samuel Beckett (塞缪尔 · 贝克特) 式独白风格的戏剧作品。剧中只有一个真实出现在舞台上的角色Thomas Magill，其他角色将通过声音的方式来呈现。

The lives of two men unravel quickly over the course of 90 minutes. Where are they? Who are they? What is this room, and what might be beyond the walls?