Fregoli Theatre present “The
gingerbread house”
At the Nun’s Island
Theatre
Tuesday August 17th to
Saturday 21st at 8pm
€10/8
Booking please contact The Arts
Centre
091-565886
The Quare Land
by John McManus
New Play The Quare Land to get World Premiere during Galway Arts Festival
The Quare Land, a new play by Cavan playwright John McManus will receive its world premiere in Galway this July as part of the Galway Arts Festival. A thrillingly sharp comedy, McManus’ wit and incisive humour is sure to be a big draw for theatre goers this summer.
Decadent Theatre Company are producing the play in association with the Galway Arts Centre who came across the script last October when it featured as a new play reading in the Galway Theatre Festival. Impressed by McManus’ raw talent and energy, the joint producers endeavoured to bring the show to life in the spot light of a widely acclaimed summer time festival. Mc Manus has had previous success with two radio plays: No Hate Going to Loss, and Will you Swap Knees With Me?, which were broadcast on RTE. His stage play A Lock of Fierce Roars received a rehearsed reading by Druid Theatre Company in July 2008. The Quare Land will be his first play to receive a professional production and tour.
Set in a house in Cavan The Quare Land centres on the character Hugh Pugh (played by Des Keogh), who is about to take his first bath in four years. His bathing is disturbed by Rob McNulty (Frank O’Sullivan), a developer wanting to buy a field. Hugh conducts negotiations from his bathtub and is reluctant to sell while McNulty pulls out all the stops to complete the sale. The quick fire banter between the two characters escalates into an epic finale as both try to reason each other into submission.
The show previews Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th July and will run until Saturday 24th July nightly at 8pm in Nuns Island Theatre. Matinees-Saturday 17th and Saturday 24that3:30pm.
Tickets available from the Galway Arts Festival Box Office, Forster Street priced at €22/€20/conc. **PREVIEW TICKETS HALF PRICE**
Book online www.galwayartsfestival.com
Tel: (+353) 91 566577
Galway Youth Theatre
Present
‘Citizenship’
by
Mark Ravenhill
A frank and confronting look at the confusions, desires and
anxieties of a teenage boy on a journey of self-discovery. Tom wants someone to
tell him who he is – is he straight, gay, bisexual? - and he is having a
recurring dream, in which he is kissing a shadowy figure. The only problem is
that he can't tell if the person is a woman or a man. This beautifully written
bittersweet comedy about growing up follows Tom's journey as he tries to discover
who he is.
Directed by Niall Cleary
This Production will be staged at
1pm, each day during the Galway Arts Festival for a two week run from Monday
July 12th – Sat July 24that Nuns Island Theatre
Galway Youth Theatre Present
The Irish Premiere
Of
‘Tusk Tusk’
by
Polly Stenham
Come on troops. Let's take check: Finbar,
slightly ruffled but still in fighting form. Maggie, could do with a full
night's sleep but otherwise all in order...
Stay here. Don't
answer the door.
A seven year-old boy, his teenage brother and his sister wait in a room with
the world on their shoulders. They joke, tease, spit like fireworks and laugh
like soul mates, and they just, keep, waiting. Waiting for the phone to ring.
She’ll be calling soon. She’s never left them alone for this long. Dancing a
fine line between hilarity and heartache, Tusk Tusk is the new offering from 22
year-old English sensation Polly Stenham, this is a haunting theatre experience
that will stay with you long after the performance has ended.
Directed by Andrew Flynn
Costumes by Petra Breathnach
This Production will be a site
specific staging at 5.30 each day during the festival for a two week run from
Monday July 12th – Sat July 24th. Patrons are asked to
meet at BAR 8 ON THE DOCKS AT 5.15PM
Limited seating so early booking is
advise
