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Billy Roche's classic Irish drama, recently revived 25 years after its world premiere.
THE STORIES: A HANDFUL OF STARS. Set in a local dilapidated snooker hall, A HANDFUL OF STARS tells the story of Jimmy Brady, a young Wexford tearaway who refuses to abide by the rules and regulations that are applied in this so-called man's world,
...[a] lovely and hauntingly original family drama...a work that breathes so much life into the theater. --Time Out NY. ...[a] delicate visual feast...When theatergoers talk about a play as a religious experience, they usually just mean that it had charismatic
A heart-warming new play from the author of The Wexford Trilogy and Cavalcaders.
Set in rural Ireland in 1962, LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY takes us into the burlesque world of the boxing booth of Delaney's Travelling Roadshow, affectionately known as "The Academy". We dip down the shadowy, ropey avenues to the sound of the churning calliope, where we encounter the play's cast of dangerous characters: Theo, the charismatic, jealous, and violent ringmaster; his Carmen-esque lover, Lily; Peadas, Theo’s old, tired and not-so-trusted sidekick; the vain and boastful prize-fighter Dean; and the limping, Adonis-like Junior. Into this world comes Emer, a wounded waif of a girl who has come in search of her long-lost father. Her presence and the arrival of a professional boxer threaten to upset the already shaky equilibrium.
THE STORY: Inspired by the biblical story of Isaac, AMPHIBIANS is a dark, elegiac tale of the sea. Eagle, the last fisherman on the river, is about to give up the ghost and go to work in the soulless Menapia Seafood Plant. Before he does, though, h
Essays on contemporary Irish theatre
Amphibians: Cast gender - mixed; number - 8 males, 3 females (total 9); size - medium; length - 2 acts. Drama about an Irish fisherman and his son.
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