Derry playwright Brian Foster’s hugely successful stage play, Maire–a Woman of Derry, will perform for one night only at The Alley Theatre, Strabane, on Tuesday, November 19th at 8pm.
Featuring Derry’s foremost actress, Carmel McCafferty, this hilarious, harrowing, and ultimately heart breaking story has played to packed houses and standing ovations throughout Ireland, England, Canada and America. Bringing in a combined audience of close on 40,000 has made it the most successful play in the history of local Derry theatre. At Derry’s thousand seater Millennium Forum Theatre, it broke box office records!
Maire Mc Laughlin is foul-mouthed and feisty, but also intensely human. Armed only with her half-bottle of street wine, she gives an incredible account of her fall from grace from fresh faced teenage bride living in Derry’s Creggan Estate, to the pitiful condition we find her in today. Along the way we see working class life and death at its funniest, rawest and cruellest. And we get to meet an assortment of unforgettable characters who have coloured Maire’s life. From incorrigible scrounger Tina the Tap, to habitual smoker Big Bridie and her husband Jimmy the Tadpole. From Posh Maisie, to seriously cross-eyed Matilda and The Hairy Man from Strabane, to innocent little Norris the Gnome.
Hailed as ‘magnificent’ and ‘unmissable’ by the critics, Maire – a Woman of Derry is a theatrical triumph not to be missed!
NB: This play contains strong language and adult content throughout. Please do not come to be offended.
Tickets are £15, £13 (con) and available from the Alley Theatre Box Office on 028 71 384444 or online www.alley-theatre.com