Ballyshannon Drama Society

Tonight we welcome Corn Mill back to Ballyshannon with ‘Philadelphia Here I Come’ by Brian Friel.

‘Philadelphia Here I Come’ is a 1964 play written by Brian Friel. It is set in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It centres around Garet (Gar) O’ Donnell’s proposed move to America. Gar is protrayed by two characters, Gar Public (the Gar that people see, talk to and talk about) and Gar Private (the unseen man, the man within, the conscience). It’s essentially about exile, the exile of emigration, the exile of emotional disconnect, the exile of choosing security over love and the exile of living fantasy rather than reality. The play is a tragic comedy with many comical scenes.

 

 

 

MADGE – MAURA FARRELLY

GARET O’ DONNELL (PUBLIC) – DEREK O’REILLY

GARET O’ DONNELL (PRIVATE) – CHARLES MCGUINNESS

S.B. O’DONNELL – RAY HACKETT

KATE DOOGAN – GRACE KELLY

SENATOR DOOGAN – JIM WILLIAMSON

MASTER DOYLE – BRIAN REILLY

LIZZY SWEENEY – TARAGH DONOHOE

CON SWEENEY – SEAN MCINTYRE

BEN BURTON – JOE MC MANUS

NED – STEPHEN GREY

TOM – RONAN WARD

JOE – LARRY O’HALLORAN

CANON MICK O’BYRNE – BRIAN REILLY

DIRECTOR – KILLIAN MC GUINNESS

CREW

Lighting: Phillip McIntyre, Barry Nash, Noel Nash; Sound: Gus Hanly, Angela McCluskey;

Set Design: Phillip McIntyre, Noel Nash; Décor: Sinead O’reilly, Taragh Donohue; Stage Manager: Taragh Donohoe; Make Up: Una Ward.

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 18th, 8.15pm.

Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre box office on 0719851375 to avoid disappointment.

Photos from last night’s show, ‘Blackbird’ by David Harrower, produced by Bradán Players (photos by John Fallon).

Photos from last night’s show, ‘The Third Policeman’ by Flann O’Brien, presented by the Phoenix Players, Tubbercurry.

‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 15th, 8.15pm.

Tonight sees the return of Letterkenny Music and Drama Group to our drama festival as they present Eugene O’Neill’s classic ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’.

A semi-autobiographical account of O’Neill’s own upbringing, it tells the tragic story of the damaged and tormented Tyrone family over a long hot summer’s day in Connecticut in 1912. As the day progresses, they gradually come to terms with their addictions, their blame on each other and their own over-riding guilt as long built-up family tensions rise to the surface and threaten to destroy them.

Over the years it has been performed by actors as diverse as Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Olivier, Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy, David Suchet, Laurie Metcalf and Philip Seymour Hoffman to name just a few with the most notable recent production taking place on Broadway last year with Gabriel Byrne and Jessica Lange in the lead roles.

 

 

JAMES TYRONE – ANTHONY DELAP

MARY CAVAN TYRONE (HIS WIFE) – GERALDINE GALLIGAN

JAMES TYRONE (THE ELDEST SON) – MARTIN HASSON

EDMUND TYRONE (THEIR YOUNGER SON) – JOSEPH GALLAGHER

CATHLEEN (SERVANT GIRL) – ELAINE GILLESPIE

DIRECTOR – KIERAN KELLY

PRODUCER – PLUINCÉAD Ó FEARRAIGH

ASSISTANT PRODUCER – DIARMUID Ó GALLCHOIR

‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 15th, 8.15pm.

Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre box office on 0719851375 to avoid disappointment.

Photos from Tuesday night’s show, ‘Abigail’s Party’ by Mike Leigh, presented by the Lifford Players (photos: John Fallon).