Written by Amanda Verlaque
Directed by Ross Drury

When an environmental campaign is the catalyst for protecting an LGBTQIA+ shrine, a group of friends must confront what comes first – friends, or family. And as the stakes rise, the battle lines are drawn between being loyal, being an ally, and what does “normal” really mean anyway?
Normalised is a unique opportunity for a young acting company to work on an impactful new play,  as part of the National Theatre Connections festival and in association with The Stables Theatre.

Notes on the playwright

Amanda Verlaque is from Northern Ireland and lives between Belfast and Dublin. She worked in TV drama as a script editor, storyliner and producer before starting her writing career, and now writes for stage, screen, audio and VR. The Lyric produced This Sh*t Happens All the Time, her critically acclaimed play about homophobia, misogyny and coercive control, which was revived by the Grand Opera House. The MAC produced her audio play Lolly about warring sisters trying to navigate the Covid lockdown, and her critically acclaimed play Distortion, about political hypocrisy, homophobia and PR spin. Verlaque adapted and wrote the pilot for An Irish Country.