Tues 7 May
6:30-9pm
Set over one feverish heat-wave weekend in London June 2019 when a whale is beached on the banks of the Thames, Evenings and Weekends is an addictive, multi-generational story about a group of friends and their families as they navigate rolling news headlines, messy, queer relationships, precarious living situations and dead-end jobs. By the end of a transformative two days, their lives will be changed forever. Part multi-generational literary soap opera, part state-of-the-nation novel, Evenings and Weekends is a beautiful, propulsive story about what it means to live and love in Britain today.
‘A masterpiece. This searing tale of love, sex and class will resonate for generations to come.’ OWEN JONES
‘Astonishing – a magnificent read’ RUSSELL TOVEY
‘A love story to cities & people & heartbreaks. It made me cry.’ EILEEN MYLES
Oisín McKenna grew up in Drogheda, Ireland, and lives in London. He was awarded the Next Generation Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Evenings and Weekends – the highest award for an emerging artist in Ireland – and it was developed with further funding from Arts Council England. Evenings and Weekends has been awarded a 2022 London Writers Award, which supports London’s most promising underrepresented writers. In 2017, Oisín was named in the Irish Times one of the best-spoken word artists in the country. He has written and performed four theatre shows, including ADMIN, an award-winning production at Dublin Fringe 2019, and has written for outlets including the Irish Times on issues such as gentrification and the alienation of Dublin’s youth.
Róisín Lanigan is a writer and editor from Belfast. She lives in London and her first novel, I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There, will be released by Fig Tree in Spring 2025.