Sive tells the tale of a beautiful young schoolgirl forced into an arranged marriage with a rich and lecherous old man. Against the backdrop of 1950s rural Ireland, the play is colorfully populated with traveling tinkers, bitter housewives and scheming matchmakers. It is set in a remote area of North Kerry (where Keane was originally from) and is arguably his greatest play, yet is an established classic.

 

8th-9th March - Salvatorian College, Harrow Weald, Middlesex

11th-30th March - The White Bear, Kennington, London

11th -12th April - Haringey Irish Centre, Pretoria Road, London

21st-28th April - The Bell Table Theatre, Limerick

Susan Cummins talks to the IrishWorld about Sive…