Helter Skelter/ Union Square

A neat double-bill from PurpleHeart Theatre Company @ Bewleys should enliven your lunchtime, though writer Neil LaBute’s penchant for sticking the knife in and then giving it an extra twist might not exactly aid your digestion. In Union Square a lost out-of-towner looks for directions from an unseen street person, gradually revealing his true purpose as he blithely confides in someone who doesn’t matter. Helter Skelter sees an apparently innocent shopping trip degenerate into full blown marital breakdown as a tussle over a mobile phone gives way to the spouting clichés of a faithless husband and the brutal honesty of a heavily pregnant wife. Ably performed by Dermot Magennis (Union Square), and Les Martin and Olga Wehrly (Helter Skelter), and directed by Stewart Roche. www.bewleyscafetheatre.com