Duck Duck Goose

'I just need to hear you say you believe me. You've known me my whole life. Would you be friends with someone capable of doing that?'

When his friend becomes embroiled in a rape allegation, Chris Quinn offers his support. Only the rules keep changing, nothing is clear-cut, and Chris finds himself caught in a tussle between loyalty, love and doubt.

Caitríona Daly's Duck Duck Goose is a viscerally charged play examining the nature of consent, trust and trial by social media. Full of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity, it was developed as part of Fishamble's A Play for Ireland initiative, and first performed by the company in the 2021 Dublin Theatre Festival.

Duck Duck Goose won the Writers' Guild of Ireland Award for Best Theatre Script in 2022.



Caitríona Daly is a playwright from Dublin whose plays have been produced in Ireland and internationally. She was nominated for the Fishamble New Writing Award for Normal, and an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play for Test Dummy.



'Addresses important issues around disclosure, consent and allegations of rape'



'A nuanced and insightful look at the social impact of sexual violence... provoking, timely and challenging'



'A dramatically sophisticated tackling of contemporary stories about rape'