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Wednesday March 29th

Compantas Lir, Claregalway - (Open)

“The Birds” By Conor Mc Pherson

Cast

Nat ..........................            Eoin McCarthy

Julia .......................            Ruth O’Driscoll

Tierney ..................            Vincent Moran

Diane  ....................             Mary Killackey

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Crew

Production Manager ....     Mary McCarthy

Set Design  .....................     Gus McCarthy and Dermot Hession

Lighting ...........................     Paul McNulty

Sound  .............................     Dermot Hession

Make Up .........................      Anne Moran

Crew  ..............................      Fidelma O’Rourke, Liz Hession, Carmel Kenny,

                                            Simon Kavanagh,  John Brennan, Peter Talbot,

                                           John Heneghan, Seamus McNulty

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Synopsis of Play

 

A suspenseful, atmospheric adaption of Daphne Du Maurier’s enthralling short story. Mysterious masses of birds have begun to violently attack at high tide, driving strangers Nat and Diane to take refuge in an isolated, abandoned house by the sea and form a bond to survive their haunting new circumstance. With no electricity and scarce food, the tension is palpable and hope is waning.

Yet if two is company, three is a crowd as the sudden arrival of a young woman with a mysterious nature of her own ruffles feathers in the house and quickly threatens to destroy their so called sanctuary.

 
History of Group

 

Compantas Lir was formed in 1983 and with a strong pool of actors and a skilled and dedicated crew the group achieved their long awaited goal of an All-Ireland title in December 2014 when they won the Confined All Ireland One Act Final in Ballyshannon with their production of Nine by Jane Shepherd. In 2016 the group achieved great success and went on to win the All Ireland Confined Drama Festival in Castleblayney with their production of Proof by David Auburn

Director

Dermot Hession

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