Table Read: A Caryl Churchill Double Bill 

Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?  Owners 

Table Read: A Caryl Churchill Double Bill
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
Owners
Sunday 22 February
Vernon Studio, Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM)

Script-in-hand public reading: 5.30pm – 8pm (including a short break), followed by a post-show reception.

€10 | BOOK YOUR TICKET VIA RIAM WEBSITE

Irish Theatre Institute is delighted to open the 2026 season of Table Read with a bold and exhilarating double bill by one of the most influential playwrights of our time, Caryl Churchill, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? and Owners, directed by Dominic Dromgoole.

This script-in-hand reading brings together two of Churchill’s most provocative and formally daring works. Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? is a blistering, intimate exchange between two men that becomes a chilling meditation on power, desire, and political complicity. Owners, Churchill’s first professionally produced play, is a darkly comic and ferocious exploration of property, capitalism, and the brutal logic of ownership.

Together, these plays offer a thrilling snapshot of Churchill’s radical theatrical voice. Urgent, unsettling, and startlingly contemporary.

The reading will feature an outstanding ensemble of Irish actors (to be announced), followed by a post-show reception, inviting audiences and artists to gather, reflect, and continue the conversation.

Join us for an evening of fearless writing and shared discovery. Come along, be part of the room, and help shape the conversation.

OWNERS was first performed at the Royal Court’s Theatre Upstairs in 1972.

DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU? was first presented by the Royal Court Theatre in association with the Public Theater, New York, at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, London on 10 November 2006.

About the Director: Dominic Dromgoole 
Dominic Dromgoole is a director and producer whose work spans theatre and film. He served as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from 2006–2016, overseeing the opening of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and leading the landmark Globe to Globe Hamlet world tour, which performed in every country on earth.

His directing work includes Marjorie Prime (Menier Chocolate Factory) and All the Beauty in the World, which transferred from Off-Broadway to New York in 2025. Dominic is also the author of several books on theatre and Shakespeare, including The Full Room: An A–Z of Contemporary Playwriting, Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life, and Hamlet Globe to Globe.

What is Table Read? 
Table Read is an actor-focused initiative by Irish Theatre Institute that champions creative risk-taking, discovery, and conversation. It centres the actor’s voice and brings artists and audiences together to explore powerful contemporary work in a shared, collaborative space.

Curated by Shane O’Reilly, Table Read is developed and managed by the Irish Theatre Institute. 

€10 | BOOK YOUR TICKET VIA RIAM WEBSITE