Tuesday 22nd April

BALLYCOGLEY PLAYERS

present

"Dolly West's Kitchen"

by

FRANK McGUINNESS

(by kind permission of Samuel French Ltd./DLI Agents)

CAST

Dolly West........................................................................................................... Anne Marie Lally

Rima West..................................................................................................................... Mary Doyle

Esther Horgan..................................................................................................... Katherine Murphy

Justin West............................................................................................................... Chris Maddock

Ned Horgan...................................................................................................................... Con Doyle

Anna Owens......................................................................................................... Joanne Morrissey

Alec Redding............................................................................................................. Paddy Maguire

Marco Delavicario................................................................................................... Brendan Pollard

Jamie O'Brien............................................................................................................. Fionn Stafford

                                                            Director: Breda Hayes

Lights: Nick Hayes Costume: Mary Doyle Sound: Mick Hore Set Design: Michael Rodden Stage Management: Marie Hore Set: Michael Rodden, Nick Hayes, Fionn Stafford Backstage: Marie Hore, Kathleen Tierney, Terence O'Byrne

Setting: Buncrana, Co. Donegal during World War II.

Act 1: Scenes 1,2,3: Kitchen. Act II: 3 months later. Scenes 1, 2,: Kitchen, Garden, Shore. Act Ill: Scene 1: Kitchen. Scene 2: Shore (afternoon).

The Play:

As the Second World War rages in Europe, in Donegal there is another war closer to home. In Dolly West's kitchen, the family has its own conflicts to face as their lives are transformed with the arrival of Allied Troops across the border in Derry. War changes everything - its tragedies and its survivals will alter the history of the West family forever.

The Group:

Founded in 1974, the players perform One-Acts in The Wexford Arts Centre during the annual Wexford Opera Festival. They have had much success on the Three-Act circuit, qualifying for the All-Ireland many times, coming second last year in Tubbercurry with "Same Old Moon" by Geraldine Aron.