Shining City

by Conor McPherson

In Dublin a man comes to a counsellor seeking help. He claims to have seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife. But what begins as just an unusual encounter becomes a desperate struggle between the living and the dead - a struggle which will shape and define both men for the rest of their lives.

Stanley Townsend as John and Michael McElhatton as Ian
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Stanley Townsend won the Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Actor 2004
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He was also nominated Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor in 2004.
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Writing and acting at its most riveting The Times



MOVING, COMPASSIONATE, INGENIOUS AND ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING Daily Telegraph



GENUINE EXCELLENCE The Times

WITH
Kathy Kiera Clarke   Michael McElhatton   Tom Murphy   Stanley Townsend.  

Director Conor McPherson
Designer Rae Smith
Set Designer Rae Smith
Lighting Designer Mark Henderson
Composer and Sound Designer Ian Dickinson