Love happy, money happy, beauty happy, friends happy, sports happy, McDonalds happy…F*ck My Life.

What’s it really like being a teenager today? And how on earth do you become a happy one? What drives teenagers to profound sadness or extreme violence? Ireland has one of the highest teen suicide rates in Europe. What about the rest of the world?

Directed by one of Europe’s finest directors, Pol Heyvaert of CAMPO Gent, FML casts a spotlight on the lives of 15 young Corkonians in this blend of spoken word and film, true confessions and lies. Who is the funniest, most beautiful, most dangerous? Who will fall by the wayside? Who won’t live to see twenty? Who needs help?

For all teenagers and everyone who has ever been one…

Recent Press Reviews for FML

“moved from joy to despair deftly with actors that possessed the stage… profound in its juxtaposition of the highs and lows of youth” Irish Times

“compelling show… much humour… real poignancy… a moving reaction” and
”There is a raw, emotional honesty in the performances” Irish Examiner

“The performance is raw and funny and strong… validated by an enthusiastic audience reaction that included a standing ovation” Irish Independent

“compulsively watchable” Evening Echo

FML is declared a “MidSummer Must-See”. Irish Times

Click Here to listen back to FML on Morning Ireland

A co-production by Cork Midsummer Festival, CAMPO Gent, LIFT, Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s and Everyman Palace Theatre.

Funded by a Small Arts Award from the Wellcome Trust. Tour supported by Culture Ireland.

Original workshops co-commissioned by Cork Midsummer Festival and Granary.