About This Show
Factory Theatre presents the hilarious world premiere of Restitution: An Irish-Canadian Rhapsody, a comedy about tragedy written by Factory
Playwrights’ Lab member Michael O’Brien.
Meet the Macready brothers, Stephen and Seamus, straight off the famine ships and set loose in a strange new world. The trouble all begins one evening when Seamus, full of drink, accidentally kills Stephen’s son with an axe. Both brothers agree: this demands restitution. Seamus, a civilized man, insists on the right to choose his own punishment, but all goes awry when Stephen begins to crave more justice. Fed up with the bloody family feud, Seamus’s daughter Bridget decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands. She is determined to make the impossible happen – a Christmas reconciliation. From the author of Mad Boy Chronicle comes a
joyous, rollicking comedy about faith, family, murder, suicide,
manslaughter, bare-knuckle boxing, the Irish Famine, man-eating sharks,
dog-fights, crucifixion, vivisection, alcoholism to be sure – but at
last, a tale of two brothers.
WARNING: EXTREME VIOLENCE, MUCH BLASPHEMY, AND TONS OF PROFANITY!
Preview Times/Prices: Jan 2 (8 pm)/ Jan 3 (8 pm)/ Jan 4 (7 pm)/ Jan 6
(8pm)/ Jan 7 (8pm): only $12
Regular Times/Prices: Tuesday-Thursday @ 8 pm: $25 / Friday @ 8 pm: $29
Saturday @ 2 pm (Feb 7 only): $25 / Saturday @ 8 pm: $34
Sunday @ 2 pm: Pay What You Can at the door, $25 in advance