Aristocrats
The Mai
Studio Shorts

The Mai

Balally Players production 27 to 31 March 2012

The Mai

'The Mai', by Marina Carr, directed by Jean Monahan and Oran O'Rua was in The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, from 27 to 31 March 2012.

This is a moving story of four generations of women in one family in the midlands. An accomplished, beautiful forty-year-old woman, The Mai has always sought an exceptional life. Her story begins on the day of her husband's return after an absence of four years. Around her troubles and her beloved lake hover the idiosyncratic, comical, irreverent and unapologetic characters in her family.

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Studio Shorts

Three short plays in the Mill Studio in February

Studio Shorts

From 22 to 25 February, Balally Players presented three short plays that made for a great evening's entertainment.

The plays were 'Small Box Psychosis' written by Barry McKinley, 'Bar and Ger' by Geraldine Aron and 'The Philadelphia' by David Ives.

The directors were Oran O'Rua, Gary Wall and Brian Molloy.

More information about the plays, the cast and crew and pictures taken at one of the performances are on a page for the Studio Shorts in the Productions section.

 

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'Aristocrats'

Brian Friel play at the Mill Theatre from 1 to 5 November

Aristocrats

The first week of November brought with it the first Balally Players production of the new season. 'Aristocrats' written by Brian Friel. It opened in the Mill Theatre on 1 November. The play was directed by Joe Jordan, who directed 'All My Sons' for Balally Players in January of this year.

The setting for this play is a family home, but no ordinary home and no ordinary family. The once-influential family's financial position is nothing like it used to be when family members return for a wedding to the crumbling mansion where they grew up. The play has been likened to Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard', where the aristocrats are has-beens and the vital life force is with the commoners upon whom the upper class once looked down.

The distant family members in this story were in residence on the Mill Theatre stage from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 November.

Aristocrats Curtain Call
The cast of 'Aristocrats' take a bow at a performance of the play in the Mill Theatre on Friday 5 November 2011.

More background information on the play and pictures taken at one of the performances, are on the page for the play in the 'Productions' section.

 

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What's On Highlights

Balally Players shows/events....

The Mai
by Marina Carr

Mill Theatre 27 to 31 Mar 2012

Other shows and events....

Gate Theatre
'Da' by Hugh Leonard
Daphne du Maurier's
'My Cousin Rachel'

adapted by Joseph O'Connor


Abbey Theatre
'Bookworms' by Bernard Farrell until 17 March 2012 at 7:30pm
'Alice in Funderland'
a new Irish musical, from 30 Mar until 20 May 2012



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