The West Cork fit-up theatre festival | BLOOD IN THE ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

Festival 2011

The West Cork Fit-up Festival revives the tradition of professional theatre companies touring shows to small rural towns and villages. AUG 2nd-28th

Blood in the Alley Theatre Company in association with the Arts Office of Cork County Council is delighted to announce the programme for this year’s West Cork Fit-up Theatre Festival.

This is the third year of the festival and this time Blood in the Alley is bringing four productions to seven venues in West Cork over the month of August.

The company will travel by land and sea in an energy-sapping but exhilarating month-long marathon around West Cork, brining first-class theatre to parts others just can’t reach.

TICKETS AT THE DOOR:

€9.50 PER TICKET, CONCESSION €7.50 - FAMILY TICKET €30 (2 ADULTS 2 TEENS)

Limited seating - come early to avoid disappointment

Calendar

August

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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Blood in the Alley presents

Catalpa

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Written by: Dónal O’Kelly
Directed by: Geoff Gould
Performed by: Andrew Musselman

Think an adventure film that involves a mysterious mission, a whaling expedition, a last-minute prison escape and a special-effects storm. Dónal O’Kelly’s Catalpa, is a solo show about the factual 1870s rescue of six Fenian soldiers from an Australian prison by a whaling ship from Massachusetts. Andrew Musselman voices more than 15 characters,...

Blood in the Alley presents

Woman and Scarecrow

WEST CORK PREMIERE

Written by: Marina Carr
Directed by: Geoff Gould
Performed by:

Woman and Scarecrow is a dreamy, if sometimes bitter, play about death and the perspective that it can throw upon the life which it is bringing to a close.
On her deathbed a woman with eight children and a remorseful cheating husband surveys her life and imagines what else could have been.
Full of bitter humour and brutal honesty...

Gúna Nua theatre company and Civic theatre Tallaght present

Little Gem

BEST NEW PLAY DUBLIN FRINGE 2008

Written by: Elaine Murphy
Directed by: Paul Meade
Performed by:

Anne Kent

Genevieve Hulme-Beaman

Neili Conroy

Love, sex, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: Little Gem sees three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey.
Under the direction of Paul Meade, the cast interweave their characters’ life experiences as they cope with modern life’s daily pressures and the heart-breaking toll of inevitable tragedies,...