Fun and farce from Mayo drama group at Town Hall Theatre

Date Published: 25-May-2011

“A fantastic night’s entertainment, Mayo style,” is the promise when Westport’s St Patrick’s Drama Group visits Galway’s Town Hall Theatre on Thursday next, June 2 with Widows Paradise, a three-act comedy written by Belfast writer Sam Cree.

This farce is set in the 1960s in a luxury caravan in the countryside.

Widower Harry Bradshaw, his friend Ernie and son Alan are enjoying a quiet fishing break at their caravan, when their peace is shattered by the arrival of five women who are on an ‘girls’ only’ holiday weekend. Add to all of this, the long estranged husband of one of the women and a widowed farmer and the plot thickens. What was supposed to be a scene of peace and tranquillity turns into a riotous clash of the sexes, each with their own story to tell!

Widows Paradise has already sold out for seven nights in Westport and also enjoyed a night at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar.

The cast of five women and five men, and the backstage crew are looking forward to visiting Galway with the show which has been directed by Liz Browne and produced by Rosaleen Heraty.

St Patrick’s Drama Group is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1964 in Westport and is still enjoying success nearly 50 years later.

“ We love to travel with our productions when possible and have had made very memorable trips to Dublin, London and even America. This means so much to our group in Westport. The group would not be still performing, after nearly 50 years, without the most valued support and encouragement of all our audiences near and far” says Liz Browne.

Widows Peak will be in the Town Hall Theatre, next Thursday June 2 at 8pm. Tickets costing €15/€12.50 from the venue, tht.ie or 091-569777.