A lone tree looms in the background, its bare limbs sorrowfully mirroring the sad girl on stage. She paces back and forth frustrated, back and forth past the worn car seats that litter the stage. Circling the car, she looks into the distance with wild, manic eyes. The girl checks her watch and shakes her head. The mood of the theatre grows uneasy with her consuming panic as she paces and circles some more.

‘Giving Up the Ghosts’ follows the story of an unlikely pair. After connecting on an internet forum, Ruth and Steve plan to meet a week later, both with their hearts set on the same ill fate. A secluded beaten track, off a quiet country road, is the perfect place to be forgotten.

Ruth, neurotic and still living at home, has never really known happiness, whilst Steve an affable truckie feels lost and hopeless. Based on a real event in the UK where two strangers meet online to commit suicide, this compelling production explores the story of two souls rather than the act itself. What unfolds is a tender and honest depiction of the human heart and how easy it is to break.

Georgia King and Paul Grabovac deliver stand out performances in this dark and brooding new works by emerging talent, Sarah Young. The dialogue is thoughtful yet wry, the intimacy of the Blue Room providing the perfect setting for this provocative piece to unfold.

‘Giving Up the Ghosts’ is showing at the Blue Room until 12 July and is part of the Winter Arts Season. For more info visit the Blue Room Theatre.

Da dummm. Imagine you are a young man frolicking with your girlfriend in the ocean one afternoon. You fight, she bites you and in a huff swims to shore, retreating to the safety of the sand. It is cold, its bleak, some would even call it shark weather. A drop of blood hits the water and a young girl appears from the darkness below. She rises and says with a predatory glare ‘I am going to eat you’.

Great White is a terrifying new play directed by Will O'Mahony bearing the tag line ‘ocean stillness dinner’. A lot less Jaws, and a lot more thought provoking than its title may suggest. Great White invites you into the Blue Room Theatre where the stage is a sea of balloons and blow-ups.

A journey into an ocean of love, fear and life grasping with remorse and lost opportunities. We follow Ben and not one but two Laurens as they struggle with the tick of time, themselves and each other. What does it mean to be great? And what is greatness after all. Great White makes us stop and think, are you great or are you just dinner?

The local cast of Adriane Daff, Mikala Westall and Will O’Mahony all gave an outstanding performance taking you from laughter to despair. Definitely not the kind of carnage you expected.

Great White will be the show this season that you will wish you had seen. This superb production is showing in the intimate surrounds of The Blue Room Theatre until29 June. This work was made pozible by a wonderful bunch of people who pledged their support. Pozible is an awesome platform for crowdfunding creative projects such as this.

‘GREAT WHITE started with a scribble and has grown into something with teeth’ Will O’Mahony.