Killybegs playwright to have ‘Salt’ play read at New Writing Week

A Killybeg’s playwright is one of three writers across the country to have his work chosen for ‘New Writing Week 2018: Path to the Stage’ by Dublin’s, New Theatre.  

Ultan Pringle’s play ‘Salt’ is about a family crumbling after the son, Liam – a promising athlete – breaks his leg in an accident. The mother, Deirdre, is an alcoholic who tries desperately to hide her addiction and hold the family together despite being the one tearing it apart.

Ultan Pringle (Facebook)

It’s about family and the bonds that hold us and bind us and can separate us. It’s about how the past can eat at us and how we can try valiantly to avoid facing it.

Pringle, speaking after being selected, told the The New Theatre: “I think that this opportunity to explore my play along with a talented group of theatre-makers is invaluable.

“To hear a play read out loud is always a learning experience and to get to do it in this fantastic little theatre is a dream,” he said.

“I hope that getting to work with the team at the New Theatre will help me refine ‘Salt’ as a play and help me to develop as a writer.”