The actress opens up about inhabiting her ‘grotesque’ character in Una McKevitt’s comedy and why darker roles offer unique creative freedom
The cast of Fair Deal — Caroline Menton, Garrett Lombard, Aislín McGuckin and Jack Weise — on the first day of rehearsals. Image: Roisin Murphy O’Sullivan.
Aislín McGuckin will star in Una McKevitt’s Fair Deal alongside Garrett Lombard, Caroline Menton and Jack Weise — a sharply written play about property and family — next month.
“It’s interesting, you read it and you think, ‘alright, I have a fair idea’, and then you go into the room and you can read it and have an idea that it’s sort of discussion and arguments, but I think it’s bigger than that for the themes of it to really get across,” says Aislín, from Enniskillen.