Silent trade

Written By: Rosemary Jenkinson
Directed By: Paula McFetridge
Production Premiere: 22nd February 2023

A deftly crafted and exposing new production unveiling the alarming rates of human trafficking and domestic servitude reported in the North

You wouldn’t know it at first, but it’s happening.

Amongst the immaculate lawns and shiny new Audis of a leafy Belfast suburb.

Hidden away behind the noise and the chaos of a rowdy student street.

Trapped in the familiar anonymity of an isolated farming town.

The quiet figures manipulated between houses.

The human beings exported and imported in a market that’s anything but free.

The Silent Trade that’s booming in the north.

Paula McFetridge directs boldly, never pulling back from introducing further discomfort.

Alan In Belfast
Kabosh have produced a thought-provoking and stimulating piece of theatre

NoMoreWorkhorse
Kabosh’s brilliant production has been based on interviews with victims and you can almost smell the authenticity

Irish News
Paula McFetridge directs the action with a sure hand, deftly drawing out the play’s themes about the way women are often only valued for work, sex or advancement.

NoMoreWorkhorse

CREATIVE TEAM

Cast:
Precious - Lizzy Akinbami

Erin / Suzanne - Louise Parker

Rab - James Doran

John / Niall - Seamus O’Hara

Set and Costume Designer: Tracey Lindsay

Scenic Painter: Chris Hunter

Stage Manager: Caitlín Hunter

Production Manager: Rory Casey

Production Brand Design: Conor McClure

Lighting Designer: Mary Tumelty

Set Builder: Stephen Bamford

Producer: Andrew Hume

Assistant Producer: Lizzie Howard

Public Relations: Gary Kelly

Student on Placement: Rhiannon Morgan

Production Photography: Johnny Frazer

Movement Director and Intimacy Co-ordinator: Paula O’Reilly

22nd – 26th February, The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Tuesday 28th February, The Old Courthouse, Antrim
Thursday 2nd March , The Market Place Theatre, Armagh
Friday 3rd March, Dundalk Institute of Technology,
Saturday 4th March, Ranfurly House, Dungannon