Upcoming Theatre Events

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Ballina Fringe Festival... The 10 Dark Secrets of 1798 theatre

The 10 Dark Secrets of 1798 Paddy Cullivan Ballina Arts Centre Wednesday 11th July, 8pm Following last years successful visit with The 10 Dark Secrets of The Irish Revolution, Paddy Cullivan (of Callan’s Kicks, The Late Late Show and Kilkenomics) casts an investigative and satirical eye at another momentous event in Irish history – the 1798 Rebellion. Why is the death of Wolfe Tone still a mystery and why did the British need to make it look like suicide? Who was the establishment figure that may have been his real father? How did Napper Tandy inadvertently help with Napoleon’s love life? Why did Protestant ...

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John in Heels theatre finished

John in Heels John is a man. A man who wears heels, dresses, lingerie. John wants to tell you why. How it has changed him. How, maybe, it might change you. John in Heels is a powerful monologue about the journey to feel like oneself and not be trapped be notions of normal John has something to share with you, it's simple "Don't Dream it be it". Phoenix Theatre Co. is a Louth based theatre company that is committed to the creation of new and socially relevant works. The company’s work ranges from new forms of collaborative, devised performance to original text-based work. ...

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March Away My Brothers theatre finished

March Away My Brothers Friday 20th April, 8pm March Away My Brothers is a one-man show taken from the book of the same name by Brendan MacQuaile; it follows the journey of a young Lad, Lawrence Kelly from Bridgefort Street in Dublin’s Liberties to the Christmas Truce in 1914, somewhere near the Messines ridge in Flanders where many Irish fought and died during the course of this terrible conflagration. March Away My Brothers takes its title from a poem written in 1922 by George Chester Duggan, ‘The Watchers on Gallipoli’. Chester wrote the poem in memory of his two brothers ...

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Drastic Action theatre finished

Drastic Action Castleconnor Amateur Dramatic Society Wednesday 28th March, 8pm Rathcashel is a quiet sleepy village in rural Ireland, and there’s no place quieter that the local Garda Station. Or so it seems. When word reaches the sergeant that a review committee seeking station closures are due, they have to hatch some plans to ensure they look busy. However the Gardai couldn’t have imagined the events that follow and they have no involvement with them! Visitors to the garda station are met by a friendly force that has probably bent a few rules in their time. Although the visitors have ...

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Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me theatre finished

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness Decadent Theatre Company Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th March, 8pm “We are in a decidedly perilous position, to put it mildly”’ Adam, an American doctor; Edward, an Irish journalist; and Michael, an English academic, have little to unite them beyond being human in the same small space. Yet somehow, together, they determine to ward off madness and forestall despair. Somewhere lurk their unseen captors yet, in the cell, there are stories of adventure and love, there is song and laughter, and even a surge of writing, cocktail-drinking and movie-making. Inspired by the abduction of Brian ...

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Someone Who'll Watch Over Me theatre finished

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The Chastitute, by John B Keane theatre finished

The Chastitute, by John B Keane Riverside Theatre Group Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February, 8pm John B Keane’s The Chastitute is a hilarious look at ‘courting’ in rural Ireland. The play centres around John Bosco McLaine, a bachelor in his fifties who has decided it is high time he decided to look for a wife. As he has never had a serious relationship, he is what the church would call a ‘chastitute’, someone “without holy orders who has never laid down with a woman”. He seeks help from the local matchmaker in an attempt to ...

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Cupid Wore Skirts theatre finished

Cupid Wore Skirts Clonacool Players Friday 16th February, 8pm Audiences will be treated to a hilarious evening of comedy, as the Cloonacool Players take to the stage in Sam Cree’s “Cupid Wore Skirts”. This three-act play follows the tribulations of widower Andrew Coulter’s love life. While undertaking a wager with his embittered sister-in-law, Andrew vows to find a wife and he places an advertisement in the personal ads. When three women accept Andrew’s proposal, he soon realises that his problems have only just begun and mayhem ensues! Tickets: €12 / €10. Early booking advised.

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The Drawer Boy theatre finished

The Drawer Boy Beezneez Theatre Wednesday 14th February, 8pm John McDwyer directs Gerry Farrell (An Ordinary Man), Michael Roper (Lovely Leitrim) and Wayne O’Connor (Mauritius) in this beautiful multi award winning Canadian play. A young actor visits a farm in search of material for a play his company is creating. At the farm, he finds two elderly farmers who have secrets from each other and from the world. Over the course of his visit, these secrets are brought to light in a humorous and moving evening of theatre. Another unmissable Beezneez production and early booking is imperative. Tickets: €18 / ...

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Tom, Dick & Harry theatre finished

Tom, Dick & Harry Windmill Players Friday 2ndth & Saturday 3rd February, 8pm Thomas Kerwood and his wife Linda are adopting a baby – it's the happiest day of their lives - or it would have been if Tom's brothers, Dick and Harry, hadn't decided to help. With the arrival of Mrs. Potter, the lady from the adoption agency, Garda Downs and two illegal immigrants from Kosovo Tom’s ingenuity is stretched to the limit. But things couldn’t get worse... or could they? Tom, Dick & Harry will have your sides splitting with laughter, you mustn’t miss it! Tickets: €12 / €10. ...