★★★★ Irish Times

How long can a man carry what he cannot name? 

Part concert, part confession, part reckoning, SOAK is a contemporary music-theatre experience blending live music, slam spoken word and performance to explore masculinity, grief and inherited silence. 

Raw, intimate and deeply human, it invites audiences into a journey of vulnerability, connection and healing.

Supported by: Dublin Fringe Festival’s Weft Initiative & The Abbey Theatre. Developed at Dublin Fringe Festival Studios & Axis: Ballymun. 

Written by Samuel Yakura

Director: Katie O’Halloran

Set Design: Pai Rathaya

Lighting Design: Kevin Murphy

Sound Design: Adam Garrett

Cast: Samuel Yakura & Chisom Princess George

Music Scored & Performed by: Osazee Aiguokhian & Michael Atunwa

Stage Manager: Emma Hughes

Assistant Stage Manager: Lila Coleman

Chief LX: Jack Clare

Sound Engineer: Sam Byrne

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Production Photographs: David Copeland