The Weight of a Body (transl. Helena Buffery) is a powerful new play about love, duty, and the fragile systems that hold us together. When her once-strong father suffers a stroke and becomes suspended between reality and illusion, his daughter steps into the isolating role of carer. Overwhelmed and under-supported, she navigates a world where tenderness collides with bureaucracy, and exhaustion meets fierce devotion.

Blending disciplines and shifting theatrical forms, this inventive production transforms urgent social realities into something intimate, imaginative, and unexpectedly humorous. Rooted in lived experience, it is both a deeply personal story of grief and a resonant exploration of resilience, revealing the quiet heroism—and hidden cost—of care.

This show is ISL interpreted.
ISL Interpreting sponsored by CACSSS EDI Support Fund


Cast & Crew:
Victoria Szpunberg: Playwright
Roksana Niewadzisz: Director, AV
Regina Crowley: Lead Performer
James De Burca: Performer
Michael-Anthony Greene: Performer & Producer
Helena Buffery: Translator
Ray Greene: Irish Sign Language Interpreter
Flora Agotha: Stage Manager
Benjamin Burns: Sound Designer
Keeli Guilfoyle: Lighting Designer
Anna Issajeva: Production Assistant
Mariona Luque Roig: Production Assistant
Giorgia Ionescu: Production Assistant
Aislinn Casey: Production Assistant

12+ Accompanied by an Adult, References to Mental Health Struggles

This venue is wheelchair accessible, if you have accessibility requirements, please email us at info@corkfringe.com ahead of your visit so we can adequately prepare the space for your comfort.