How to Keep an Alien

How to Keep an Alien is a one-person show written and performed by Irish playwright Sonya Kelly, supported in the original run by stage manager Justin Murphy, and directed by Gina Moxley. The show chronicles Kelly's attraction to and then relationship with her stage manager at the time, the Australian national Kate Ferris, and fight to keep her in the country.[1] It premiered in Dublin in 2013, and since has been on several national and international tours, including the Edinburgh Fringe,[2][3] New York, and Finland, and is being performed in several festivals in New Zealand in 2017.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "How to Keep an Alien : A Story about Falling in Love and Proving It to the Government". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Edinburgh Fringe 2015 review – How To Keep An Alien: as heartwarming as it is funny". Evening Standard. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Edinburgh festival review: How to Keep an Alien – a comedy of love and visas". The Guardian. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "How to Keep an Alien". Rough Magic.
  5. ^ "Rough Magic Theatre Company | How to Keep an Alien". www.roughmagic.ie. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26.
  6. ^ "Sonya Kelly". agency.