Featuring a soundtrack of terrific music worthy of the title, Country and Irish is like nothing else you'll see this year.
A man, a banana and a tape recorder. ...and a bomb.
Donie Burris has a whole heap of troubles facing him: with his girlfriend, her son, Albanian gangsters, the Longford mafia and a very overbearing mammy. How can he get them all off his back? He imagines himself as the star of his own gangster movie, and he won't go down without a fight...
Fight 2Flight Theatre presents Patrick McCabe's play Country and Irish, a hilarious but savage portrait of a man at the end of his rope, starring Peter Gowen. It is a wild joyride that pays homage to film noir, Samuel Beckett and even the Teletubbies - a startling, provocative fever dream. Featuring a soundtrack of terrific music worthy of the title, Country and Irish is like nothing else you'll see this year.
Written by Patrick McCabe
Direction/Sound Design by Conor Hanratty
Lighting Design by Eoin Lennon
Set and Costume Design by Medb Lambert
Performed by Peter Gowen
Produced by Claire O'Connell
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin - Tues 18 - Sat 22 April, 7.30pm
Matinee 3pm Sat 22 April
Town Hall Theatre, Galway - Mon 24 April, 8pm
The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton - Tue 25 April, 8pm
The Linenhall, Castlebar - Wed 26 April, 8pm
Backstage Theatre, Longford - Thurs 27 April, 8pm
Ballina Arts Centre - Fri 28 April, 8pm
The Source, Thurles - Sat 29 April, 8pm
Youghal Town Hall - Tue 2 May, 8pm
Aghada & District Community Centre - Wed 3 May, 8pm
Belltable, Limerick - Thu 4 May, 8pm
St. John's Theatre, Listowel - Sat 6 May, 8pm
Birr Arts Centre - Sun 7 May, 8pm
Roscommon Arts Centre - Tue 9 May, 8pm
Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare - Wed 10 May, 8pm
Town Hall Theatre, Cavan - Thu 11 May
Wexford Arts Centre, - Fri 12 May, 8pm
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny - Sat 13 May, 8pm
Lyric Theatre, Belfast - Tue 16 - Wed 17 May
An Tain Arts Centre, Dundalk - Thu 18 May, 8pm
Garter Lane, Waterford - Fri 19 May, 8pm
Nenagh Arts Centre - Sat 20 May, 8pm
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