The Decision to Leave by Fiona Claffey-Kelly at glor

What to Expect

The Decision to Leave is a solo theatre piece written and performed by Fiona Claffey-Kelly and directed by Melissa Morrigan. It plays in the Studio at glor, the arts centre on Causeway Link in Ennis, on Friday 11 September 2026 at 8:30 PM, and runs for 30 minutes straight through. The Studio is glor’s smaller room, so the audience sits close to a single performer for the full half hour.

The story is set on a fictional island off the County Clare coast and follows a woman who has stayed while others around her have gone. The subject is the choice that faces people in emptying rural places: hold on where you are, or move to where the work and the services are. Claffey-Kelly drew the script from real stories gathered locally, and glor describes the piece as a study of quiet determination, strength and difficult decisions. At 30 minutes it is one of the shortest pieces in the venue’s autumn programme, and one of the few built entirely from Clare material.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Friday 11 September 2026, 8:30 PM. Running time 30 minutes with no interval.
• Venue: the Studio at glor, Causeway Link, Ennis, County Clare.
• Price: €13 plus a €1 booking fee per transaction.
• Written and performed by Fiona Claffey-Kelly, directed by Melissa Morrigan.
• Booking is through the glor box office and the venue’s online ticketing. The Studio is a small room, so late arrivals may not be admitted once the piece has started.
• The same evening at glor is a busy one, with a separate comedy show in the main auditorium, so allow extra time for parking.

Getting There

glor sits on Causeway Link on the northern side of Ennis town centre, a short walk from O’Connell Square and the Height. Drivers come off the M18 at the Ennis exits and follow the N85 or the town-centre signs for the arts centre; there is parking on Causeway Link and in the town centre car parks nearby. Ennis bus station and rail station are together on Station Road, about fifteen minutes on foot, with Bus Eireann services from Limerick, Galway, Shannon Airport and west Clare, and Irish Rail trains on the Limerick to Galway line.