Consumed
Consumed Trailer
Muireann Ní Fhaogáin looks concerned, adjusting a hooded jacket in a dimly lit room with coats.
Muireann Ní Fhaogáin (Muireann O'Shea). Photo by Helen Murray.
Julia Dearden, wearing a red party hat, smiles animatedly with a yellow balloon in the background.
Julia Dearden (Eileen Gillespie). Photo by Helen Murray.
Andrea Irvine, wearing a party hat, gestures passionately while speaking against a dark background.
Andrea Irvine (Gilly Gillespie). Photo by Helen Murray.
Four people celebrate around a table, wearing party hats, with balloons, food, and drinks visible.
The company of Consumed. Photo by Helen Murray.
Caoimhe Farren, Julia Dearden, and Andrea Irvine in a tense scene with balloons and a cluttered table.
The company of Consumed. Photo by Helen Murray.
An elderly person with curly white hair wears a red party hat and holds a yellow balloon.
Julia Dearden (Eileen Gillespie). Photo by Helen Murray.
Four people sit around a wooden table, laughing; one serves food from a pot, wearing a patterned dress.
The company of Consumed. Photo by Helen Murray.
Caoimhe Farren, distressed, covers ears.
Andrea Irvine (Gilly Gillespie) & Caoimhe Farren (Jenny O’Shea). Photo by Helen Murray.

Consumed

Venue

Park Theatre

Following a hit tour and a sell-out run at Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, Consumed makes its London debut.

A 90th birthday party that no-one seems to want.

Four generations of Northern Irish women, reunited under one roof.

A house full of hungry ghosts, with more than one skeleton in the closet.

Turn off your phones at dinner.

Winner of the Women’s Prize for the Playwriting 2022, Karis Kelly’s play is a pitch-black and twisted comedy of dysfunctional family dynamics, generational trauma and national boundaries.

Closing

18/04/2026

Running Time

1h20, no interval

Genre

Comedy, Plays

Age & Content

14+

Please Note:

This production contains scenes of violence, strong language/swearing, haze, flashing lights and distressing or potentially triggering themes.

Cast:

Julia Dearden as

Eileen Gillespie

Caoimhe Farren as

Jenny O’Shea

Andrea Irvine as

Gilly Gillespie

Muireann Ní Fhaogáin as

Muireann O'Shea

Creative:

Writer -

Karis Kelly

Director -

Katie Posner

Set & Costume Designer -

Lily Arnold

Sound Designer & Composer -

Beth Duke

Lighting Designer -

Guy Hoare

Associate Lighting Designer -

Hector Murray

Consultant Dramaturg -

Suzanne Bell

Executive Producer for Esperanza Entertainment -

René Simon Cruz

Assistant Director -

Gina Donnelly

Movement Consultant -

Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster

Fight Director -

Ruth Cooper Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd

Casting Director -

Jacob Sparrow

Company Stage Manager -

Roni Neale

Technical Stage Manager -

Mara Tucker

Production Manager -

Mark Hartley & Alex Firth for TPO Global

Relighter (2025 Tour & Lyric Belfast 2026) -

Ariane Nixon

Assistant Stage Manager -

Lauren Vickers

Wardrobe Supervisor -

Wardrobe Supervisor - Naomi Thompson for Belgrade Theatre

No accessibility performances are currently scheduled for this show.