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Next Thursday 30 November sees Newpoint Players taking on the production of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' for the final time at Newry Town Hall. The group staged the play back in October and such was its popularity that a return was inevitable.
Set in a small Irish island in the 1930s where cow-gazing counts as a legitimate pastime the play is a hilarious dark comedy that asks questions and exposes discrimination at the most basic level.
Cripple Billy with his bad arm and leg, wishes and waits for love but hasn’t even been kissed. The action in the play is reported by Johnnypateenmike, whose mother believes him to be “the most boring oul feck--- in Ireland!”. Johnnypateen, the island ‘gossip’, thrives on any news - from sheep with no ears to the smallest of incidents, even a goose biting a cat’s tail, which is an incident that Johnnypateen hopes will turn into a feud sparking gleeful gossip that he could trade throughout the island.
However, when director Robert J. Flaherty films his classic documentary ‘Man of Aran’ on the nearby island, the community, dazzled by the prospect of appearing in a Hollywood “fill-um,” is understandably excited. “Cripple” Billy Claven sees this as his best chance to escape from an existence of constant ridicule and abuse.
Travel with the cast from the Islands of Ireland to America and back, and hear the stories of some of Ireland’s most pathetic, yet hilariously funny characters, as they go about their normal day’s business. Dark, funny and brilliant from start to finish.
Performing since 1946 Newry's Newpoint Players travel up & down the length of Ireland. They have even toured Canada three times.
Get your tickets at www.tickettailor.com
Please support the production, the funds of which should secure Newpoint Summer Scheme for the youth of Newry in 2024.
