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<\/a>This new Percy French show, presented by Two-for-One Productions and directed by Joan McCready, also features musician Kyle Riley, and was a sell-out success when it was staged for a week at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast in May.\u00a0 \u201cPercy French: Melodies of Unforgotten Years\u201d will be presented at The Market Place on Thursday 28 July at 7.00pm and on Friday 29 July at 8.30pm.<\/p>\nAuthor of some of the best-loved songs in the Irish repertoire, among them \u201cThe Mountains of Mourne\u201d and \u201cPhil The Fluter\u2019s Ball\u201d, Percy French is brought to life in Sam McCready\u2019s witty and amusing one-man show, which celebrates the music and the life of one of Ireland\u2019s best known and best loved entertainers,<\/p>\n
Sam McCready\u2019s\u00a0 highly entertaining show traces Percy French\u2019s career from his days as Cavan\u2019s most notable \u201cInspector of Drains\u201d to his success as a performer in London, where he not only gave concerts in the most prestigious halls but also performed for the Prince of Wales and distinguished members of the aristocracy.<\/p>\n
Yet French was most at home in Ireland, performing in almost every town and village in the country, including Armagh\u2019s City Hall,\u00a0 and taking the opportunity to paint the many landscapes for which he has become famous as an artist.<\/p>\n
Sam McCready is an internationally respected actor, theatre director, teacher, painter, adjudicator and published author.\u00a0 Born in Belfast, he was a founding member of the Lyric Players Theatre, and later a Trustee and Artistic Director of the company. He emigrated to the United States in 1984, when he was appointed Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.<\/p>\n
Since his retirement, Sam McCready has devoted himself to performing and writing a series of one-person plays, \u201cThe Great Yeats\u201d, \u201cDickens at the Ulster Hall\u201d and\u00a0 writing and directing his wife, Joan, in \u201cCoole Lady\u201d and \u201cA Time to Speak\u201d, both seen on tour at The Market Place Theatre. <\/em>Sam McCready\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 memoir, \u201cMy Life with Mary O\u2019Malley and the Lyric Players\u201d, <\/em> is published by Lagan Press.<\/p>\n In this\u00a0 Percy French show, McCready is joined by American actor and singer\/guitarist , Kyle Riley, who brings a fine singing voice and a fresh interpretation to many of the best-known songs.<\/p>\n Tickets for \u201cPercy French: Melodies of Unforgotten Years\u201d at The Market Place Theatre on 27 & 28 July are already on sale and early booking is advisable. Booking at The Market Place Box Office on 02837521821 or Online at www.marketplacearmagh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the\u00a0 highlights of this year\u2019s\u00a0 John\u00a0 Hewitt International Summer School\u2019s\u00a0 busy programme\u00a0 at The Market Place Theatre, Armagh,\u00a0 should be the two performances of\u00a0 \u201cPercy French: Melodies of Unforgotten Years\u201d, a hugely popular one-man show written and performed by Sam McCready, one of Northern Ireland\u2019s best-known theatre people, now resident much of the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12025,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions\/12025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}