''How to Keep an Alien'' is a one-person show written and performed by Irish playwright

Sonya Kelly Sonya Kelly is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Kelly was born in Dublin. Some of her family had a theatre background: her uncle Frank Kelly was a well-known actor, and an aunt who taught speech and drama sent her plays by George Bernard Sha ...

, supported in the original run by stage manager Justin Murphy, and directed by

Gina Moxley Gina Moxley (born 1957) is an Irish playwright, director and actress. She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists. Early life Moxley was born in Cork (city), Cork in 1957. Career Moxley studied fine art at Crawford School ...

. The show chronicles Kelly's attraction to and then relationship with her stage manager at the time, the Australian national Kate Ferris, and fight to keep her in the country. It premiered in Dublin in 2013, and since has been on several national and international tours, including the

Edinburgh Fringe The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest arts and media festival, which in 2019 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 dif ...

, New York, and Finland, and is being performed in several festivals in New Zealand in 2017.

References

{{reflist 2013 establishments in Ireland Plays for one performer English-language plays