The annual Lunchtime at the Focus season of one-act plays is this year devoted to the debut of new writer Tara Maria Lovett. On the evidence of her first play, called Watch Dog, she is worth the company's attention - and ours.

A man is finishing work on a grave, which turns out to be that of his dog. As he labours, his wife's voice calls him insistently to come in for his dinner; and he, clearly under strain, recalls their first meeting and subsequent time together, shown in flashback.

They meet on a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, where he is attracted by her looks and enigmatic personality. They marry soon, and he begins only then to see another dimension to her opacity, an apparent streak of insanity. Finally, a terrible truth is revealed, propelling him to action.

The denouement, when it arrives, strains one's credulity somewhat with an unnecessarily explicit resolution. But there is sufficient creativity here, in the invention and writing, to mark this debut as a significant one. It is well acted by Kenneth Clarke and Sile Nugent, and directed by Joe Campbell.

Plays to September 2nd; booking at 01-6763071