The Dry House

＂I don’t know what’s beyond this minute. But whatever it is it can’t be worse than all the minutes that brought us here＂.

Two sisters, one last drink. In the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after four cans of lager she will go to the dry house to get sober. Does she mean it this time?

One woman’s refusal to give up on her sister powers The Dry House, an emotionally searing new family drama about love, loss and the possibility of hope after years of self-destruction.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London’s Marylebone Theatre in March 2023.

Eugene O’Hare is an Irish actor and writer. His debut full-length plays, Sydney & the Old Girl and The Weatherman, premiered to critical & public acclaim at the Park Theatre in 2019. His third full-length play, The Dry House, opened at the Marylebone Theatre in London in 2023. Commissioned work includes Hospital Food for the National Theatre Connections Festival. He has written short stories for BBC Radio 4- most recently The Poet and the Echo read by Caitríona Balfe. He is commissioned by ITV and is in active development on projects for film. He was shortlisted for the 2021 poetry prize at Belfast Book Festival and the 2022 Fish Poetry Prize.