Conversations After Sex and Trade

Multiple award-winning Mark OHalloran is one of Irelands most celebrated writers. Two play spanning 12 years of work come together in one published edition to coincide with the New York premiere in January 2023. CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX You remind me of someone though. I mean youre not like him. Not physically like him. Nowhere near. But theres something there. Your voice or how you hold yourself. Your hands. In a series of unexpected and unguarded conversations after anonymous sexual encounters, a woman discovered men with the same deep need to communicate and connect in the lonely, atomised city. A portrayal of grief that is unforgettable in its rawness The Guardian TRADE This is just this. It isnt real. Its money. In a guesthouse in Dublins north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent-boy sits with a middle-aged client. Its not the first time theyve met but today the older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since they last met. It closes around your heart like a fist The Irish Times