This book sets out strategies of analysis of the award-winning tetralogy of performances (2010-14) by ANU Productions known as The Monto Cycle . Set within a quarter square mile of Dublin s north inner city, colloquially known as The Monto, these performances featured social concerns that have blighted the area over the past 100 years, including prostitution, trafficking, asylum-seeking, heroin addiction, and the scandal of the Magdalene laundries. While placing the four productions in their social, historical, cultural and economic contexts, the book examines these performances that operated...