{"id":2769,"date":"2018-03-03T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2769"},"modified":"2018-03-03T13:37:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:37:53","slug":"letterkenny-beneath-an-irish-sky","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/event\/letterkenny-beneath-an-irish-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Letterkenny: ‘Beneath an Irish Sky’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inspired by archive reports and eyewitness testimonies, \u201cBeneath An Irish Sky\u201d is written by Kieran Kelly and looks at the events of the \u2018decade of change\u2019 from a Donegal perspective. Set in the town of Letterkenny between the years 1914-1924, it tells the fictionalised account of one man\u2019s journey through those turbulent times, questioning what made him pick up a gun to fight for his country.<\/p>\n

Originally written as a dramatic reading as part of An Grian\u00e1n Theatre\u2019s 1916 commemorations two years ago, the overwhelmingly positive response to that performance prompted Kieran to return to it and adapt it for a full production. \u201cWhen it was first performed as a reading in 2016, it concerned an elderly man being interviewed in 1966 as he looked back on the events that affected him as a young man,\u201d said Kieran. \u201cHowever, when it came to adapt it for a full production, I found it more interesting to focus on the actual events in the past to drive the story forward rather than a piece of retrospection and so it is now set firmly between 1914 and 1924.\u201d<\/p>\n

Direction is in the sure hands of Pluinc\u00e9ad O\u2019Fearraigh who is very much looking forward to producing a brand-new play for the Letterkenny audience and beyond. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled and delighted to be directing and producing this thought provoking and intriguing play by Kieran for its world premiere in An Grian\u00e1n Theatre and then on the 3-act drama festival circuit. It\u2019s not that often that you get the opportunity to direct a newly written play and I hope I do justice to the challenge of bringing the characters and the situations portrayed in this play to life for the audiences to enjoy. I cannot praise Kieran highly enough for his courage and skill in writing such a fantastic play.\u201d Although he is keen to point out that you don\u2019t have to be from Letterkenny to enjoy it. \u201cWhile the situations and characters in the play are based in the town of Letterkenny, they are as relevant in any part of Ireland during the turbulent times in which this play is set.\u201d<\/p>\n

The play depicts how the central character of Brendan McDevitt (Eoin Callaghan) was affected by the seismic events unfolding around him \u2013 from World War 1, through the War of Independence and up to the Civil War – and shows how these events convinced him to gradually move from the peaceful Nationalism of the Ancient Order of Hibernians into the more militant Republicanism of Sinn F\u00e9in. This life altering decision will have far reaching implications for both himself and his family. The various decisions he makes throughout his journey are all influenced by those around him, from the attitude of his parents Barney (Kieran Kelly) and Cassie (Elaine Gillespie), the actions of his brother Michael (Loic Cech), his neighbour Mary (Laura Doherty) and the political allegiances of both the local priest Father Crawford (Michael Leddy) and the persuasive Doctor McBride (Martin Hasson).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inspired by archive reports and eyewitness testimonies, \u201cBeneath An Irish Sky\u201d is written by Kieran Kelly and looks at the events of the \u2018decade of change\u2019 from a Donegal perspective. Set in the town of Letterkenny between the years 1914-1924, it tells the fictionalised account of one man\u2019s journey through those turbulent times, questioning what made him pick up a gun to fight for his country. Originally written as a dramatic reading as part of An Grian\u00e1n Theatre\u2019s 1916 commemorations two years ago, the overwhelmingly positive response to that performance prompted Kieran to return to it and adapt it for a full production. \u201cWhen it was first performed as a reading in 2016, it concerned an elderly man being interviewed…<\/p>homework help african authors essay writing compliance online homework and revision writing service dissertation live chat pay pal mini business plan app android research paper proposals buying a dissertation 10 days christian leuenberger dissertation\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ballyshannondrama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}