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Katriona O’Sullivan on bringing Poor to the stage: ‘I’ve cried so many times, because it’s my life. It’s difficult to watch’

Poor is about to open at the Gate. The author and the playwright Sonya Kelly talk about adapting O’Sullivan’s bestselling memoir for the theatre

Katriona O'Sullivan, whose memoir Poor is being staged at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Katriona O'Sullivan, whose memoir Poor is being staged at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
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Sat Sept 13 2025 - 05:32 • 12 MIN READ
Katriona O’SullivanSonya KellyGate TheatreDublin Theatre FestivalHilda FayTrinity College Dublin (TCD)