After the sudden death of a local elderly widow, pregnant Syrian refugee Maya is resettled in her bungalow on the remote Isle of Bute in Scotland. However, her plans to make the island her home are met with resistance from a homeless war veteran who refuses to give up the ghosts of the past.

Haste Ye Back is about impermanence and belonging. In a world where your home can be taken from you in an instant, how can we ever feel truly safe?

This play was developed on the Soho Theatre Writer's Lab and has had an extract performed at the Criterion Theatre in November 2022.

When a twelve year old boy is coerced by the police into describing a crime he never saw, the consequences of his false testimony reverberate for half a century. Inspired by true events, this tragic story charts the lives of two men linked by a lie and explores the power of forgiveness in an unforgiving world.

Set during the outbreak of wrongful and racially motivated imprisonments in 1960’s America, this play explores the racial injustice caused during this period and the repercussions which are still being felt to this day.

The play was developed on the Park Theatre's Script Accelerator scheme and supported by the Old Vic New Voices. It was produced at the Pleasance Theatre in April 2017.

The Stage
★★★★
a compact, unapologetically angry two-hander from playwright Conor Carroll.

Theatre Weekly Press
★★★★
What stands out is the way the piece has been cleverly written, the two actors are essentially acting out their own plays, it’s not immediately noticeable but they barely interact with each other, instead they tell their own stories, which are of course interlinked and occasionally cross over. The result is rather like watching a tennis match, your head rotating back and forth to catch the next volley, the plot is as gripping as any grand slam final.

The Reviews Hub
★★★★
Conor Carroll’s play is a vivid and intricately constructed piece of political theatre. While telling one story from two perspectives, Carroll manages to make pointed and insightful comments on the nature of racially motivated imprisonment, drawing clear parallels with the experience of slavery, the Harlem Race Riots and the modern day.

This play explores the parallel stories of father and son, Joe and Niall who visit the small Irish town of Carrick-on-Suir thirty years apart.

In 1998, Londoner Joe travels to Ireland to sever ties with the country that he originated from by selling off their family home.

In 2022, Niall makes the same journey after his father Joe\\\'s death, to find out why his father inexpiably gifted away their family home back in the 90\\\'s.

In their missions, both travellers meet a local lad who shows them a side to Carrick they never bargained for...

This is a play about how inter-generational trauma impacts members of the Irish diaspora and asks questions about national identity and masculinity in the midst of a turbulent history between the UK and Ireland.