Positive Dead People

Bewleys lunchtime, til 14 March

This is a hoot! Two very different brides meet in the  most unlikely of circumstances. Mo is cool and contained, Millie is flouncy and a bit hyper, but they have one thing in common - they're both dead. The best day of their lives has also turned out to be the last day of their lives, and they now find themselves, still clad in their wedding finery - 'mind the dress' is a constant refrain - in a sort of waiting room for whatever happens next, debating the merits of the afterlife: on the positive side, there is a sofa, a novel (Great Expectations), and chocolate eclairs.

Mo has got there first, so there's a bit of a tussle for the pecking order, but they're both in the same boat so a bit of sisterly camaraderie develops as they view, from a distance, first their weddings and then their funerals. But consternation sets in when mystery missives from an unseen presence begin to arrive. Deliciously performed by Clodagh O'Donoghue and Pauline Shanahan (the author), who capture all those little bridal nuances.