The Head of Red O’Brien

29th, 30th & 31st March at 1pm
(extra performance on 31st March at 5:30pm)

TrueWest Theatre Company presents
The Head of Red O’Brien
by Mark O’Halloran

directed by Rae Visser

The Head of Red O'Brien takes place in a hospital room, where the title character is recovering from a near-fatal assault by his wife. The nature of the injury, arising from a frenzied knife attack, has left O'Brien without any of the cognitive processing skills. Slowly, however, they have returned. Now, on the eve of his imminent checkout, O'Brien gets the opportunity to evaluate his life, as his desires, regrets and hopes are affectionately analyzed.

Writer, Mark O Halloran crafts a tragic-comedy in which ‘Red O Brien’ reflects on the disintegration of his relationship with his wife while displaying passionate storytelling on subjects as diverse as Sean Connery, James Joyce to the ‘Cold War’. At times moving and tragic, at others funny and warm, The Head of Red O'Brien is the journey of a wounded and sensitive man from conflict to resolution, ultimately towards a higher realization.