Can't Forget About You

25 year-old East Belfast man Stevie meets 49 year-old Glaswegian widow Martha while recovering from a painful breakup with his ex-girlfriend. Stevie and Martha are immediately attracted to each other and end up in bed together. Although their relationship is based entirely upon sexual attraction, they find themselves falling in love. This challenges the expectations of Stevie's conservative Christian mother and his ultra-unionist, Ulster-Scots-speaking sister who work hard to break the pair up. Stevie and Martha must decide if their relationship has a real future and if they can both overcome the pain of their heartbroken pasts.

While primarily a very funny comedy, Can't Forget About You touches on deeper themes such as grief, loss, sexual mores, cultural identity, sectarianism and the question of how Northern Ireland moves on from the politics of the past and faces the future.

Can't Forget About You is the first play written for the Lyric by former Playwright-in-Residence David Ireland, one of Northern Ireland's hottest young writing talents. David is currently under commission to the National Theatre of Scotland, Tinderbox and the Abbey Theatre and is also adapting his play What the Animals Say into a television series for the BBC.

Age guidance 18+
Contains scenes of a sexual nature, bad language and some Ulster-Scots.

Thursday 23 May - Sunday 16 June
Tuesday - Saturday 8pm/ Saturday 3pm/ Sunday 7pm
Previews Sunday 19 May 3pm/ Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 May 8pm