Actors Pat Kelly (ctr) with Dan Mooney directed Jenny Ní Mhaoileoin for the Pirandello
ALWAYS up for a challenge in the search of good theatre, Torch Players book three one-act plays into Loft Venue this week.
Head along Thursday 17, Friday 18 at 8pm for ‘The Lover’, ‘I Love to Love’ and ‘The Man with the Flower in his Hat’ in an evening overhead The Locke Bar, George’s Quay.
Founder of Torch Players Maurice O’Sullivan has oversight of these productions. He tells Arts page, “‘The Lover’ by Pinter examines the private intricacies of modern marriage in which a couple find an unconventional way to deal with extramarital temptation”.
The talented Peter Hayes makes a return to stage for this with Katie Dowling “in a quirky play, in which we see how a modern married couple have found an unconventional way to cope with extramarital temptation”.
The director is Pius McGrath of Honest Arts.
“‘I Love To Love’ is by Niall Carmody, a new playwright. A man pursues his search for love through the medium of video dating: this is a one man piece in which we see Billy’s (Pius) portrayal of his ideal woman, all the while his secrets from the past begin to surface”.
This time, Tara Doolan of Honest Arts is director.
The night closes with Pirandello’s ‘The Man With The Flower In His Mouth’: “Two strangers pass some time in conversation but what they say to one another isn’t quite what it seems.”
Walk up box office at Loft Venue, 8pm shows.
