Landmark Productions
The Approach

The Approach

Past Performances

Dock Street Theatre
Spoleto Festival
Charleston, USA
26 May–12 June 2022

Project Arts Centre
On-Demand
24–31 January 2021

Project Arts Centre
Live Broadcasts
21, 23 & 24 January, 2021

Assembly Hall
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh
2–26 August 2018

The Everyman
Cork
27 February–3 March 2018

Project Arts Centre
Dublin
1–24 February 2018

World Premiere

Project Arts Centre | 6 February, 2018

Useful Information

Running Time: 60 minutes (no interval)

The Approach

written and directed by Mark O'Rowe
starring Derbhle Crotty, Aisling O'Sullivan and Catherine WalkerLandmark Productions

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘breathtaking performances … stunning study of everyday relationships’ The Observer

Utterly riveting and engrossing, Mark O’Rowe’s ’60 minute jewel of a play’ (The Guardian) reveals a profound truth about relationships, and about our deep, abiding need to make sense of our world.

Three conversations draw us into the inner lives of Anna, Cora and Denise. What will they reveal to each other?  And what does each of them have to hide? 

The Approach is a play about being human, an exploration of betrayal, and an appeal to listen before it’s too late.

Following its world premiere in 2018, The Approach was the first production to be broadcast live in January 2021 as part of Landmark Live, a new online streaming platform. The live broadcasts of The Approach were presented in association with Project Arts Centre and St Ann’s Warehouse. 

Landmark Productions would like to acknowledge and thank the Arts Council for its continued support and also Culture Ireland who were involved in supporting the original production, and the livestreams in 2021.

Cast 2018 & 2021

Cora Cathy BeltonDenise Derbhle CrottyAnna Aisling O’Sullivan

Cast 2022

Cora Catherine WalkerDenise Derbhle CrottyAnna Aisling O’Sullivan

Creative

Writer and Director Mark O’RoweSet and Lighting Designer Sinéad McKennaCostume Designer Joan O’ClerySound Designer Philip Stewart

PRODUCTION IMAGERY

Photographer: Patrick Redmond

REVIEWS

★★★★ 'a 60 minute jewel of a play’The Guardian
'Even through our computer screens, a production on a real stage with acting this fine is balm for the soul.' The New York Times
‘The Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe doesn’t bring his work to New York often, but when he does, the seats catch fire … live from Dublin on your computer screen, it’s a superb performance of The Approach.'New York Magazine
★★★★ ‘of all the streamed productions I have seen in the past year, this one comes closest to capturing the focus and tension of live theatre’ The Guardian
★★★★★ ‘breathtaking performances … stunning study of everyday relationships' The Observer
'Three of the finest performers of their generation'The Irish Times
★★★★ 'brilliantly subtle and utterly engrossing'Sunday Business Post
'O'Rowe's quite simply stunning new play'Sunday Independent

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