The Devil and the Girl

"My name is Sinéad O'Connor. I deserve it. I deserve to be treated with respect. I deserve not to be treated like garbage. I deserve to be heard. I deserve not to be hurt. I am a woman. I have something to offer" - she wrote in an open letter in 1993.

When this fragile, bald girl with wide eyes tore up a photograph of the Pope on live television, she declared war on herself - a war that cost her career and mental health: "My story is the story of countless millions of children from families who were harmed for money in the name of Jesus Christ".

A play based on a text by acclaimed dramatist Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, commissioned by the National Theatre, directed by the multi-award-winning Marcin Liber. It tells of a vocalist with an angel's voice, of those called God's children, and those branded as the Devil's bastards. They too have their songs.

Direction: Marcin Liber. Set and costumes: Mirek Kaczmarek, Maria Mordarska. Lighting design: Katarzyna Łuszczyk. Music: Marcin Macuk. Choreography: hashimotowiksa (Katarzyna Kulmińska, Paulina Jaksim). Stage manager: Agnieszka Rydellek.

Cast: Weronika Asińska, Edyta Łukaszewska, Janusz Grenda, Paweł Hadyński, Aleksander Machalica, Dariusz Pieróg, Dawid Ptak, Ildefons Stachowiak, Waldemar Szczepaniak, Mateusz Wróblewicz.

For ages 16+. The performance uses strobe lighting. If you feel unwell, please leave the auditorium and contact theatre staff.