WORLD PREMIERE
The Speckled People
By Hugo Hamilton
Hugo Hamilton’s best-selling memoir, The Speckled People, has been hailed as an ‘instant classic’. The Gate Theatre is delighted to present this World Premiere of the author’s adaptation of this extraordinary work as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.
The Speckled People tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and often a very funny family drama.
As a young boy, Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled, “half and half… Irish on top and German below.”
‘A wonderful, subtle, problematic and humane book’ The Irish Times
Low Price Previews from Thursday 29th September until Monday 3rd September
