Sixties kitchen-sink revival finds its feet after a slow start
The Unmanageable Sisters is a vibrant but muddled portrayal of 15 working-class women who could be ruling the world – if only Ireland’s patriarchal society hadn’t reduced them to what they agree is 'a dreary, rotten life'
The Unmanageable Sisters
By Deirdre Kinahan
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Rating:***
Runs until April 7
‘Do I look like someone that’s ever won anything?” This is the sardonic question repeated by several characters in The Unmanageable Sisters, Deirdre Kinahan’s new version of the groundbreaking 1968 drama Les Belles-Soeurs by French-Canadian playwright Michel Tremblay. Relocated here to 1970s Dublin, it’s a vibrant but muddled portrayal of 15 working-class women who could be ruling the world ...