Who is the mysterious and enigmatic Cyroe?

On a cold winters night, young people from all over the city converge on the park; the Rudeboys, the Party Girls, the Footballers, the Chess Players, the Skateboarders, the Drug Runners and the Uniformed Schoolkids. Summoned there by Cyroe, no-one one really knows who Cyroe is, or has ever really met him.
All they do know is that when Cyroe calls, you answer . . .

Directed by Nicholas Kavanagh of Curious State, Waterford Youth Arts presents Is this Good Enough? by Avaes Mohammad for NT Connections 2023.

Inspired by the 12th century epic Persian poem The Conference of the Birds, Mohammad’s play Is this Good Enough? is described as a contemporary take on The Conference of the Birds meets ‘70’s cult film classic, The Warriors.

* Recommended for ages 13+ * includes references to drug use

Riverbank Arts Centre is delighted to host the National Theatre Connection Festival in 2023 Connections is the National Theatre’s annual, UK and Ireland youth theatre festival. The programme has been established for 27 years with a celebrated history of championing the talent of young people from across the UK and Ireland. Every year, NT Connections commission ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. They work with 300 youth companies and over 6,000 young people annually from every corner of the UK and Ireland.

This year Riverbank Arts Centre will welcome young people from the Straffan Drama Club, Waterford Youth Arts, County Limerick Youth Theatre, and Mr. Sands Youth Theatre. NT Connections is supported by The Arts Council of England.

Saturday 1 April
7pm
Straffan Drama Club
Model Behaviour by Jon Brittain

8:15pm
Waterford Youth Arts
Is This Good Enough? By Avaes Mohammad

Sunday 2 April
6pm
County Limerick Youth Theatre
Model Behaviour by Jon Brittain

7:30pm
Mr. Sands Youth Theatre
The Heights by Lisa McGee