STAGE TUBE: Preview MOLLY SWEENEY, Opening April 2 at The Print Room

The next main stage production at The Print Room - MOLLY SWEENEY by Brian Friel - is currently in previews and will open on Tuesday 2^nd April, running until Saturday 27^th April. Click below to watch a preview for the production!

Molly Sweeney has been blind since infancy, but her husband Frank is devoted to trying to find a cure to help her see again. When they meet Dr Rice, a pioneering ophthalmologist who offers to perform an experimental operation to restore her sight, Frank persuades Molly that she has nothing to lose.

However, when the bandages have been taken off, Molly finds it difficult to adjust to the strange new world of perception that she encounters. After 40 years of sightlessness, she starts to realise that the gift of vision has some terrifying consequences...Told from the three different perspectives of Molly, Frank and Dr Rice, the story of Molly Sweeney is woven together into a tragic tale of discovery, loss, hope and despair.

Brian Friel (b. 1929) is an Irish playwright, theatre director and author. His principal works for theatre include Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964); Faith Healer (1979); Aristocrats (1979 - Winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the New York Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play); Translations (1980), Dancing at Lughnasa (1990 - Olivier, Tony and New York Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play); Molly Sweeney (1994 - New York Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play) and Afterplay (2002).

Abigail Graham's credits as a director include The Censor (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Agent 160, Four Short Plays by Sarah Grochala, Morna Pearson, Lisa Parry and Vittoria Caffola (Chapter-Cardiff, 503-London, Arches-Glasgow); The Censor (JMK Award Runner Up, Young Vic, Workshop Performance); Blue Heaven - Three Short Plays by Tennessee Williams (Finborough Theatre); Jack's Quest (Company of Angels Theatre Maker Award, The Junction, Cambridge, Pleasance, London); The Boy and The Dog Who Walked to the Moon (Pleasance, Edinburgh); Lucy's Brief Guide on How to be Human (Old Vic 24 Hour Plays); and The Crucible (Newcastle University Best Director Award, St. Luke's, Newcastle.)

Dorothy Duffy plays 'Molly Sweeney'. Her theatre credits include Mike Leigh's Grief (National Theatre) and Joe Penhall's Some Voices (Young Vic), directed by Matthew Dunster. She played 'Rose' in Peter Mullan's acclaimed film The Magdalene Sisters, alongside Geraldine Mc Ewan, Anne Marie Duff, Eileen Walsh and Nora Jane Noone (British Independent Film Awards, 'Best Ensemble Cast'). Her other films include: Trauma and Leila. Television includes: Casualty 1906; River City; Doctors; Holby City; Silent Witness and most recently Identity for ITV.

Ruairi Conaghan plays 'Frank'. His theatre credits include Truth and Reconciliation (Royal Court); The Crucible (Lyric, Belfast); I Like Mine With a Kiss (Bush Theatre); The Factory Girls (Arcola Theatre); Scenes From the Big Picture; Peer Gynt (National Theatre) and Philadelphia, Here I Come (Donmar Warehouse). For television, his work includes The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; Supergrass; Waking the Dead; Frances Tuesday; Downton Abbey; and for film, It's a Goat's Life; An Officer from France and Walk With Me.

Stuart Graham plays 'Mr Rice'. His theatre credits include numerous appearances at Belfast's Lyric Theatre, most recently starring with Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon in The Painkiller; In A World of Our Own (Donmar Warehouse); As The Beast Sleeps and Observe The Sons of Ulster (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Northern Star (Rough Magic); The Force of Change (Royal Court) and The Silver Tassie (Almeida Theatre). His films include: Michael Collins; Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy; Milo; Shadow Dancer; The Whistleblower and Hunger. Television includes: Steel River Blues; The Clinic; Waterloo Road; Countdown to War and the title role in Jack Taylor.

The production plays 34 Hereford Road, London, W2 5AJ. Box Office: 0207 221 6036. To purchase tickets on-line: www.the-print-room.org. Opening Hours during show runs: Mon - Fri: 10am-7.30pm, Sat: 12noon-7.30pm, Sun: Closed. Opening Hours at all other times: Mon - Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: closed, Sun: Closed. Performance times: Mondays to Saturday 7.30pm; Saturday Matinees 3.00pm. Ticket prices: £20 (£15 concessions).

For more about the production, go to www.the-print-room.org.

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