PERVE opens at Abbey Theatre

Stacey Gregg’s new play, PERVE, has opened at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, in a production directed by Róisín McBrinn.

Gethin is 23, just finished a film course and reckons he’s the next Scorsese. His Mum is on at him to do her friend’s wedding video – and before they get divorced. But Gethin is interested in a much more daring project – one that will test his friendships, piss off his sister, question his idealism and turn his life and that of his family upside down.

Perve is an irreverent and unsettling play that interrogates paranoia, ambiguity and innocence in our highly sexualized world.
(Words: Abbey Theatre)

Gregg’s concept is stunningly good... Perve is smart, sassy and funny.
Irish Independent

Gregg’s provocative new play... Perve’s argument is carefully presented in the abstract.
Irish Times

Some great dialogue and the incorporation of apt issues such as internet bullying and child abuse, keep Stacey Gregg's play credible and clever.
The Sunday Times (Ireland)

The dialogue is spare and beautifully under-written... compelling drama.
The Mail on Sunday (Irish) ****

A slick and sophisticated piece of contemporary theatre... punchy and intriguing.  Gregg has a tremendous ear for language and captures the exotic dialect of today's youth without it becoming showy or obstructive.
Irish Examiner ****

Perve brilliantly tackles a modern taboo through the prism of a very ordinary situation.
Evening Herald ****

A fine balance of light and shade in Gregg's new drama.
Metro Herald ****

PERVE will play in the Peacock Theatre at the Abbey until Saturday 25th June.