The Atheist

Synopsis

Meet the decadently delicious Augustine Early, one of the world's most crooked journalists. Supremely sardonic and sordid, his nihilistic intentions make an exquisite art of clawing one's way up the professional ladder. A searing and hilarious new play by one of America's most insightful voices about catching the perfect front-page headline, whatever the cost...

Our Review:

12 November 2012

Like Shakespeare's best villains, Augustine Early is a man we love to hate. Unscrupulous to the core he approaches life like a series of opportunities he can either choose to ignore or exploit, which is why he so perfectly fits his job as a sensationalist scoop journalist.

Early, the creation of writer Ronan Noone, quickly bonds with the audience and immodestly admits that, although he knew he would always be famous, it took him a while to identify his talent. Through tracing the story of his life he pinpoints the pivotal moment of his formative years that marks him out for celebrity - or rather, notoriety - the moment he decided to burn down his trailer home in order to ensure his mother's place at the top of the social housing list.

A lot like Edmund from King Lear, Early is determined to be the hand that guides his own fate and, in this one man autobiographical tale he certainly succeeds in being the hero of his own life.

Love him or hate him, Ear...

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