Curtain Comes Up On Tralee Theatre Group’s Play

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Zyber Theatre members John Connolly, Mary Mills, Rory O’Mahony, Aoife Ni Chonchubhair and Raphael Crowley rehearsing for CrissCross.

IT’S nearly showtime for members of the Zyber Theatre as they begin a three night run of their new play tonight.

The Tralee-based group presents ‘CrissCross’, a new play by John Fraher at the Ivy Leaf  Theatre, Castleisland on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 5th, 6th and 7th of February at 8pm.

“The play is set in a public house somewhere in the author’s head! God help us all!” according to the group.

“The time is the past, or Present, or both. Who knows. It’s a Time Warp. Two stories unfold within its walls. The same bar is populated by two sets of  owners/customers in different Times/Worlds.  An Irish Twilight Zone!” continues the press release.

One tale is of lopsided love which ends in tragedy, and the other is of love lost by silence. Somehow the stories get intertwined. Strong adult themes permeate throughout the play.

“There are a couple of occasions where there is crisscrossing of characters, or link-ups within the bar. Glitches shall we say. When this happens the characters in question do not see or acknowledge each other. They don’t know that the others exist. However they may experience a presence or a smell, etc.” according to the group.

The cast includes Rory O’Mahony, Raphael Crowley, Mags Slattery, John Connolly, Mary Mills, Aoife Ní Chonchubhair, John Fraher, Eoin Nolan, Noel King, John Patton, Tim Landers and George Lowe.

 

One Comment

  1. John Murphy says:

    Hi folks, I really enjoyed the play last night. Thank you. A person in the audience told me of a play you did some years ago in Green Street courthouse. She couldn’t remember the name but recommended I see it

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