The Cork Gaiety School of Acting Adult Theatre Company present

Why I Haven’t Killed Myself
By Damien Tracey

Cork Arts Theatre June 28th-29th 8pm Preview 27th June 8pm Ticket’s €15 /€10 Concession. Preview tickets 2 for the price of 1

What do you get if you put ten suicidal people, An Angel who has killed himself, St Peter and some dancing Angels into a room?

Why I Haven’t Killed Myself follows the emotional and sometimes hilarious journey of ten people who have tried to kill themselves and are now searching for a reason to continue living.

Arriving at the gates of Heaven fresh from his own suicide Rob a former Counsellor meets St Peter who it can be safely said is nothing like the stories say. Armed with a new top of the range slim lined pair of Angel wings Rob is sent by St Peter on a mission for God. His mission to give back hope to just one person in the psychiatric unit where he worked.

Inspired by his own battle with severe depression and suicidal thoughts first time playwright Damien Tracey has approached the subject form a point of victory and zest for life. Standing on the other side of depression Damien is able to inject a sense of humour into proceedings that make for many hilarious scenes.

The Adult Theatre Company of the Cork Gaiety School of Acting return after the successful Cork run and Tour of ‘Flesh.’ In Why I haven’t killed myself’, under the direction of Stella Majewsky, they are getting comfortable with a theatre that believes in the audience as much as in their own power.

What transpires is a hilarious, provocative, but ultimately inspiring play that takes an honest look at depression and suicide but most importantly the many reasons why this beautiful life is worth living.