Madame Geneva

Madame Geneva is a bawdy song and dance set in Old London.

Madame Geneva, the popular name for Gin, lands with the Dutch armies of William of Orange. Almost immediately she invokes a gloriously decadent atmosphere across the rapidly growing city. Sold at the corner shop she offers women easy access to alcohol. The anti-gin movement inextricably link her with fallen women, and drunken fishwives in a bid to eradicate her, manifesting in a reforming approach for women of middle and lower classes. Madame Geneva portrays a ferociously exciting time, telling its tale through some of the most exciting, dark and interesting characters of the day.

Jo Egan has investigated the cause and effect that led to the institution of the first Magdalen penitentiary in London in 1758 through the filter of her own experience in a mother and baby home in Ireland in the late 1970s.

Contains adult material. Suitable for ages 16

Starring John Cronin, Rhys Dunlop, Tony Flynn and Keith Singleton with Kerri Quinn as 'Madame Geneva', alongside the Macha Ensemble.