The Examination
By Brokentalkers & Featuring Willa White
17th, 18th, 19th & 20th April 2025
The Ambassador Theatre, Dublin
“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Examination, starring stand-up comedian Willa White (Joy in the Hood, The Savage Eye, You Must Be Jokin’ Podcast) is a multi-award-winning production exploring mental health and human rights in the prison system. The Examination is written and directed by leading Irish theatre company Brokentalkers (The Blue Boy, Have I No Mouth, Masterclass).
Following award winning runs, national and international tours, The Examination returns to Dublin to the Ambassador Theatre on 17th, 18th, 19th & 20th April 2025.
Tickets €34.90 including booking fees on sale now
Featuring Brokentalkers’ distinctive blend of biography and breathtaking theatricality. The Examination draws on historical research and testimony from current and former prisoners as well as Willa White’s own experience of incarceration, rehabilitation and recovery. With powerful imagery and a visceral sound scape, The Examination is an uncompromising, revelatory and often darkly funny interrogation of an aspect of society too often ignored.
Best Production – Irish Times Theatre Awards 2020
Best Soundscape (Denis Clohessy) – Irish Times Theatre Awards 2020
Best Production – Dublin Fringe Festival 2019
Best Performer (Willie White) – Dublin Fringe Festival 2019
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Superbly slippery piece of theatre’ – The Stage
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘No easy escapes in Brokentalkers’ sly, provocative play’ – The Irish Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Again and again, ‘The Examination’ pulls the rug out from under you’ – Fest
