About the Project
A side-splitting story of friendship, family, community and sunbed obsessives. Critically acclaimed Waiting for IKEA premiered at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival where it was nominated for The Bewley’s Café Theatre Award, The Fishamble New Writing Award and was the first show in the history of the festival to sell out in advance of opening. Seen by over five thousand people, the show continues to be a box office hit.
Set in the heart of ‘new’ Dublin, where night wear is day wear and bitching is everywhere, Waiting for IKEA is a sharp and nostalgic comedy exploring the bittersweet world of two best friends in inner city Dublin. Written and performed by real-life friends Georgina McKevitt and Jacinta Sheerin, the play tells the story of Chrissie and Jade who spend their days waiting; waiting for the postman, waiting for the kettle to boil and waiting for Judge Judy. They won’t shop in Argos ‘cos we’re waiting for IKEA’.
Pimlico flats is akin to ‘Cheers’, everybody knows your name, your business, your record and what you are having for dinner. Nothing much changes in Pimlico, each day begins and ends the same; it’s what happens in between that keeps the neighbours interested. The only current affairs these girls are concerned with is whether Mrs Dignam is having it off with Gunner Eye Gilby. The Celtic tiger has been and gone and they never even stroked it. “Recession – is that a new fragrance by Calvin Klein?”
Production Team
