{"id":12561,"date":"2016-09-21T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12561"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T08:27:17","slug":"two-sore-legs-returns-to-the-old-courthouse-antrim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/two-sore-legs-returns-to-the-old-courthouse-antrim\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Sore Legs returns to The Old Courthouse, Antrim"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Following phenomenal success last year, Two<em> Sore Legs<\/em> will make a triumphant return to The Old Courthouse, Antrim on Monday 26 September at 7.30pm.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/press24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-12562\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/press24-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a>Set in Belfast in the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s <em>Two Sore Legs<\/em> is a powerful, autobiographical play.\u00a0 Brenda Murphy\u2019s mother Bridie, a young Butlin\u2019s Redcoat, had 6 children by a married man who lived around the corner with his other family. The play explores the pain, joy and the fall-out from this extraordinary family arrangement.\u00a0 From the rowdy, fractious relationship Bridie had with her own father to the explosive but hilarious visits of the local Parish Priest, this play drips explicit family emotions.<\/p>\n<p>In an absolute tour de force this is the best performance you\u2019ll see this year as Maria Connolly purrs, struts, weeps and explodes around the stage in equal measure. This story will stay with you long after you\u2019ve left the theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One woman\u2019s true story you simply won\u2019t believe.\u2019 Tickets from \u00a312 available at Box Office or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk\/boxoffice\">www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk\/boxoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following phenomenal success last year, Two Sore Legs will make a triumphant return to The Old Courthouse, Antrim on Monday 26 September at 7.30pm. Set in Belfast in the 1950\u2019s and 60\u2019s Two Sore Legs is a powerful, autobiographical play.\u00a0 Brenda Murphy\u2019s mother Bridie, a young Butlin\u2019s Redcoat, had 6 children by a married man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/two-sore-legs-returns-to-the-old-courthouse-antrim\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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\/12561"}],"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=12561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12563,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12561\/revisions\/12563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}