Martin McDonagh: The beauty of Leenane

Somewhere in the back of God's mind, mother and daughter have been systematically murdering each other's nervous systems since time immemorial. And all of this would probably go on indefinitely, unless the Dooley brothers stirred up their already stagnant water...

The name of Irish playwright Martin McDonagh may ring a bell today mainly because of his cult films (In Bruges, Three Billboards on the Edge of Ebbing).His first play, previously also performed in our country under the title Dirty Acid, is, like his films, both funny and deeply shocking, a grotesque story.