Theatre: A paupers' plight that fails to convince

Tom and Vera by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy. Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, September 24-29. Rating: 2/5. Reviewed by Joanne Hayden.

Alan Howley as Tom and Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Vera.

Tom and Vera

**By Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy**

**Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, September 24-29**

**Rating: 2/5**

**Reviewed by Joanne Hayden**

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Tom and Vera are "two ordinary people who played by the rules". Or so they remind each other as they prepare to rob a bank. They used to have good jobs and a pension plan, but they lost everything in the crash. Now they're "so much more than broke", and Vera ...