Six of the Best: Six new plays by six new writers spread over six weeks in the summer

"Funny, melodramatic and poignant" Remote Goat on Changes

21 – 23 Jul  Changes by Anna May Mangan
Nora lives on her own. Her only companion is Fluffy, her cat. Others in her life include Stefen, a Romanian postman and Alfie, a fellow traveller on the dial-a-ride bus. Nora also has a grasping and greedy son and his wife who plan to move the old lady into a garage (sorry, granny-flat) in order to look after her - and her money. 


28- 30 Jul  Mirror, Mirror...by Irish Elders Drama Group
An inter-generational community play devised by older people based at the Irish Centre. The play deals with perceptions around ageing, focusing on how older people see themselves and how others see older  people. A 70-  year old woman looks into a mirror and is surprised at what she sees. She still has the same ideas, ambitions, and thoughts she had at eighteen.


04- 06 Aug  The Shoes by Julie Sibbons
Katie, a woman in her mid-forties, finds herself presented with her care records at Barnardo's headquarters. Confronted by her past, she begins to slowly reflect on her memories. A play about dealing with the past in order to face the future.


11-13 Aug  The Little English Girl by Laurence McDonald
Lily was born in Belfast, but grew up in England in order to escape the troubles. When she is called back home, due to the ill-health of her father, family resentments soon bubble up to the surface.


18- 20 Aug  Quare Times by Peter Hammond
Frank Flynn likes a quiet life. With his dinner on the table and his frequent visits to the pub, Frank sees no reason to engage with the outside world. With his long-suffering wife, Peggy, all Frank has to do is negotiate himself around his two daughters, Angela and Marian. However, Frank's world comes to an abrupt end when Marian brings home her partner (or significant other) in the female form of Susan.


25- 27 Aug  Kavanagh by Tom O'Brien
A revised version of O'Brien's On Raglan Road which played in London two years ago before embarking on a six-week tour of Ireland. This new version of the play focuses on the life and times of Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh and his relationships with family, friends and foes, not to mention his more fractious relationship with his work and the women in his life.
 
All Six of the Best shows fom Tuesday to Thursday starting @ 8pm admission £5. Contact for further information.

You Are Here Assembled...a Bloomsday celebration of the works of James Joyce devised and performed by Frank Dunne (no relation to John). Frank is a writer, actor and broadcaster with many years experience behind him. This is an evening of words and music, celebrating Ireland's own James Joyce.

An award-winning play set in 1930's Ireland, a family is forced to leave a lonely island for the mainland, but the ties that bind are hard to break. An extensively performed play, both in Ireland and London, the play consists of four interwoven monologues as mother, father, son and daughter draw the audience into a web of memories, all fiercely tied to the bleak Blasket Island which has been their world.

Celtic Craic is a celebration of the best of young Irish acting and singing talent. Theatre pieces include classic, contemporary and new and songs and music including many traditional classics.

St Patrick dates /times for your diary include...

17th March @ The Irish Club, 2-4 Tudor Street @ all day
17th March @ Mildmay Hospital, Austin Street E2 7NB @ 1.30pm
17th March @ London Irish Centre, Camden Square @ 4pm

20th March @ Howth Theatre, Crawley @ 7.30pm

All the St Patrick Day performances are free. Contact 0207 226 0524 for further details