Crocodile Fever - (Oberon Modern Plays) by Meghan Tyler (Paperback)

About the Book

Northern Ireland, 1989. A farmhouse window smashes, and rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah. Meghan Tyler's surreal Crocodile Fever is a grotesque black comedy celebrating sisterhood whilst reminding us that the pressure cooker of The Troubles is closer than we imagine.

Book Synopsis

Northern Ireland, 1989. A farmhouse window smashes, and rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah.

Together for the first time in years, when they're forced to confront their tyrannical father's hideous legacy, all hell breaks loose.

Fuelled by Taytos, gin, 80s tunes and a chainsaw, Meghan Tyler's surreal Crocodile Fever is a grotesque black comedy celebrating sisterhood whilst reminding us that the pressure cooker of The Troubles is closer than we imagine.

About the Author

Meghan Tyler is an award-winning playwright and actor from Newry who trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a member of Blood of the Young theatre company. In 2019, she was a winner of the Channel 4 Playwright's Scheme. Recent writing credits include: Medicine (The Hope Theatre); The Persians (Oran Mor in association with the Traverse Theatre); Awoken(Emergent Theatre Conference, Manipulate, Traverse Theatre); Gold Arm Theatre Project: Cyberberg (Blood of the Young, Tron Theatre, Traverse Theatre); and Nothing to be Done (Edinburgh Festival, SETKANI/ENCOUNTER Festival, NEU/NOW Festival).