Written and directed by David Horan

Freya’s always been sensitive. Difficult, some say. Funny how those words have started to mean the
same thing.

Jack is four and he’s having a meltdown because his grandad won’t let him play with the birthday candles. His Auntie Freya’s also having a meltdown. She’s twenty-four but is hers really any different?

It’s September 2018 and everyone’s living in a new, more inclusive Ireland after two referendums and one hot summer. We’re all redefining ourselves. And so is Freya. She got dumped.

But when her ex shows up at her parents’ door along with unexpected news, it feels like anything is possible again.

Can sensitive, difficult Freya learn to see herself anew?

The personal becomes political in Sandpaper On Sunburn, a funny and fascinating exploration of identity and family in this extraordinary work by David Horan (The Blackwater Lightship, Class).