About The Last Wolf in Ireland
The Story
Noah has recently contracted lycanthropy. At twelve o’clock tonight, he will forcibly and violently transform into a wolf.
Fortunately for him, he has found a nice spot in a derelict house in Stoneybatter to chain and handcuff himself until the transformation passes.
Unfortunately for him, his irrepressibly positive best friend Colm has arrived unannounced to offer unwanted moral support.
What follows is a spontaneous and highly comedic sleepover, which follows the boys’ physical and emotional transformations hour by hour.
The Author
Rachel Thornton is a writer and director from Co. Kildare. Rachel started writing at the age of four and began entering competitions in the years to follow. She has won several Cecil Day Lewis Literary Awards, the Calor Gas Tell The Future short story competition (2011), and Trend Micro’s What’s Your Story? filmmaking competition (2015 & 2017), and Trinity College Dublin’s Book of Kells Creative Competition (2019). As a teenager, she spent many happy hours in Fighting Words on Russell Street.
Rachel’s work has been showcased at The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre, The Moat Theatre and The Everyman, Cork. Her work has been featured in The Irish Times. In 2019, Rachel became the first playwright/director to receive a UCD Ad Astra Scholarship for Performing Arts. Upon graduating with a BA in Drama & Film Studies, Rachel was awarded a scholarship for her outstanding achievements, under which she studied MA Theatre Practice with UCD in partnership with the Gaiety School of Acting.
Belly of the Whale theatre collective
The Last Wolf in Ireland is the latest production from the new theatre collective, Belly of the Whale. Founded by Lucy Richards-Smyrk and Saoirse Carey, their most recent work, 'Fifteen Minutes of Shame' received acclaim at the Scene + Heard Festival 2025.