After Sex - Paperback

by Siofra Dromgoole (Author)

I'm just worried because I think what I'm being turned on by is the fact that you're imagining a stable future with me, whereas what you're being turned on by is the potential potency of your own sperm.

They're on the same page. It's just sex. It doesn't have to be complicated. Anyway, it wouldn't work. He hates kissing in the morning. She killed her guinea pigs. He doesn't speak to his dad. They're totally different people. It's just sex.

A lyrical, charged, sharply observed and genuinely erotic two-hander, Siofra Dromgoole's After Sex follows the trajectory of a couple, told almost entirely through post-coital scenes. It's about how the sex we have can change us: a love-song to connection, and to people's capacity for changing each other's lives.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Arcola Theatre in July 2024.

Author Biography

Siofra Dromgoole is predominantly a playwright and has written three plays; Walk Swiftly and With Purpose (The Space, Theatre503, North Wall Art Centre); If It Didn't Matter (St.Edwards/North Wall Art Centre co-commission) and Baby, What Blessings (Bunker, The Space, Theatre503). Siofra has taken part in the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting group and North Wall Art Centre's Catalyst residency. She has several film and TV projects in development.