Trawled (the play) – when adventure becomes survival…

A jaw-dropping true story set on the Coral Sea, Australia. An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler. There he discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life. His raw, exuberant story of adventure twists dramatically into survival culminating in an unforgettable moment of redemptive grace. Trawled is a one-man biographical drama. The actor plays himself 25 years younger! This is classic storytelling that plays out like a movie. Ready to come onboard?

Trawled is written and performed by Castlebridge native Eoin Ryan. Eoin returns after a very successful fourteen show run at Edinburgh Fringe where Trawled was shortlisted for the prestigious BBC PopCorn Award for new writing.

‘I made a few changes to the play which sustains the tension from the moment I step on the trawler’ Eoin.

The book Trawled has also been shortlisted for the CAP Indie awards in non-fiction. 

Trawled has been invited to perform 20 shows at the Adelaide Fringe, Australia in February.

Over 16’s – Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, strong language/swearing, and mentions of suicidal ideation.