Having been translated into 28 languages and performed in almost 40 countries, Inishmore certainly speaks to something larger than the Irish terrorism it highlights. Rash and unprovoked, violence is everywhere, and McDonagh presents Inishmore as an answer, a response, concluding that there aren't any real or true reasons for violence. It's human nature, for better or worse.
And yet violence is everywhere. From the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed, the thoughts in Padraic's head circle around our own. What makes him, along with the thousands of other freedom fighters around the planet, act on their violently specific envisioned futures? What are the rest of us missing?
"I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. And, yeah, I tend to push things as far as I can because I think you can see things more clearly through exaggeration than through reality... [but] there have to be moments where you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies."
(Martin McDonagh)
Nothing could have been a better gift than Inishmore. These past few months have taught me so much at every step of the process, true life lessons that I will always keep with me. I have been beyond lucky, not only to work with this incredible text and cast, but then to be able to share our work with those we love and respect the most. I don't care if you walk out of Inishmore without any solid, clear answers, but I hope you laugh, and, even if it's for a few brief seconds, contemplate the violence onstage in your own realm of reality. There is no answer to violence, other than to embrace it.
Alex Gross
Director
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