FROM FELLOW PROFESSIONALS: "Parcel From America is simply sublime. If there is one show you must see before it ends, it is this one..." — KARL DAWSON, presenter, the Weekend Breakfast Show, Dublin 98FM
“One of our best performing productions of 2022. The audience loved it and sales were exceptional. We would certainly welcome the show back for another run.” — LUCY RYAN, Director of Programming and Finance, Smock Alley Theatre Dublin
“A poignant story ... with a luscious soundtrack filled with moving and evocative music and songs.” — CARL CORCORAN, former presenter, RTE’s Blue in the Night, Director of MA in Songwriting, University of Limerick
"...a timeless story. A celebration of Irish culture and music that manages to be both bittersweet and completely uplifting." — CHERYL HAMADA, PBS Pledge Host
"I took a group of teenagers and adults to see Parcel from America in Smock Alley...The universal themes of emigration, fresh starts, and fulfillment of dreams resonated with all. At the interval, each of us realised we had our own parcel story, stories of legacies from dead relatives never seen, stories of those who left and were never heard of again. These stories were shared with the teenagers. One mother remarked that she wished her own mother was with her that day, as memories flooded back, and maybe she was in spirit. It certainly brought family together with inter generational appeal. The production values were high, a polished production with humour and pathos which celebrates Irish culture with a modern twist. This show will travel well and is a worthy ambassadorial production. Congratulations!" -- GERALDINE O'BRIEN, youth worker, drama teacher and theatre director
FROM THE AUDIENCE: “The show was exquisite. We both agreed this could have legs (not the ones that might break). There were tears. A triumph.” — ANGUS & SUSAN HANLY
“A night of magic! Such a lovely uplifting show, with beautiful music. An absolute treat in store for all those still to go” — AUDREY
"I bloody loved it! ... It's a very moving and heartwarming show and is a lovely representation of little old Ireland and the care we have for one another." — NAOISE MURRAY
" I thought about and reflected on the show for a long time, the acting and the Irish experience which is still relevant today! Not just for Irish people but so relevant for other cultures in the present." — MAURA LAGA
Open the file below to read the advance press for the Smock Alley production!