Photos from last night’s show, Brian Friel’s ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, produced by Corn Mill Theatre.
Photos from last night’s show, Brian Friel’s ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, produced by Corn Mill Theatre.
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).
Tonight we welcome Bradán back to the Abbey stage with their production of David Harrower’s ‘Blackbird’.
A young woman is searching for a man she knew many years ago. She comes to his place of work and confronts him about past events. A tense, intriguing and explosive exposé of their lives ensues.
Please Note: this play contains adult content. Running Time: 90 minutes – no interval.
UNA – MICHELLE READE
RAY – GEORGE HOGAN
DIRECTOR – REIDÍN DUNNE
CREW
Lighting: Tom Kennedy; Sound: Colette Kinsella; Stage Manager: Claire Reilly; Set/Sound
Design/Projections: Brendan Farrell, Vinni Casey, Clodagh Whealan.
‘Blackbird’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 17th, 8.15pm.
Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre box office on 0719851375 to avoid disappointment.
Photos from last night’s show, ‘The Third Policeman’ by Flann O’Brien, presented by the Phoenix Players, Tubbercurry.
Tonight sees the return of the Phoenix Players, Tubercurry, with Flann O’Brien’s ‘The Third Policeman’ to the Abbey stage.
Is it about a bicycle? Is it about Heaven? Is it about Hell? Is it about God? Is it about Life? Is it about Death? In Flann O’Brien’s hilarious, curious play ‘The Third Policeman’, we meet dead men walking. However, this will not be the strangest encounter you will have over the course of this evening. In this play you will hear of people who can see the colour of the wind, see bicycles that are half people and among other things watch an elevator descend to Eternity so with an open mind and an attuned ear suspend your disbelief and ENJOY!
MAN – ALAN SEERY
JOHN DIVINEY – SHANE KEYES
JOE (THE SOUL) – GRAINNE BRENNAN
OLD MATHERS – PADRAIC NEARY
TRICKY YOUNG MAN – FRANCIS BRENNAN
SERGEANT PLUCK – EAMONN GALLAGHER
POLICEMAN MAC CRUISKEEN – GERRY MAYE
O’FEERSA – CLARE MCLOUGHLIN/CAROLINE MCGOWAN
INSPECTOR O’CORKY – MARY T MANNION
MICHAEL GILHANEY – MARK DUNNE
POLICEMAN FOX – PADRAIC NEARY
PEGEEN MEERS – SHÓNA O’DOWD
DIRECTOR – PETER DAVEY
‘The Third Policeman’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 16th, 8.15pm.
Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre box office on 0719851375 to avoid disappointment.
Photos from Wednesday night’s show, ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ by Eugene O’Neill, presented by the Letterkenny Music and Drama Society. (photos: John Fallon).
‘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.