The Country Boy

Friday 02 February 2007

Saturday 10 March 2007

Please refer to tour schedule document

Please refer to tour schedule document

Please refer to tour schedule document

Please refer to tour schedule document

Event

Big Telly Theatre Company’s 20th Birthday celebrations begin this year with John Murphy’s nostalgic classic The Country Boy.

Home is where the heart is and the grass is not always greener on the other side in this 1950’s tale of family tensions, disguised realities of an ‘American dream’ and the emotional bonds formed around hot soda bread in the cozy farm kitchen of an Irish country dwelling. This bittersweet family drama focuses on two brothers, Eddie (James Doran), living the American dream and Curly (Ruairi Tohill), stuck in the muck, working the family farm and fighting with his cantankerous father (award-winning John Hewitt). After fifteen years away, Eddie is drawn back to rural life, bringing his American wife Julia (international singer and actress Maria Tecce) back home to meet the folks and take younger brother Curly back with them, prompting a flurry of new curtains, posh napkins and panic. At first it seems that the former country boy is now a high flyer in the land of opportunity, but when layers are revealed maybe the grass turns out to be not so green.

This beautifully written and uplifting performance perfectly captures the comedy and heart-break of family life, and has much to say to anyone who’s ever thought about staying here, going away, or coming back. Breathe in that country air – it’ll do you good…

The Country Boy
Written by John Murphy
Directed by Zoë Seaton

Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen

Friday 2 & Saturday 3 February at 8pm
Box Office: 028 6632 5440

St.John’s Theatre, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Tuesday 6 February at 8pm
Box Office: 068 225 66

Friar’s Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

Thursday 8 February at 8pm
Box Office: 063 98727

Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Friday 9 February at 8pm
Tickets €15 / €12 (concession)
Box Office: 041 983 3946

Mullingar Arts Centre, West Meath

Saturday 10 February at 8pm

Tickets €17.50 / €15 (concession)
Box Office: 044 93 47777

Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim

Monday 12 February at 7.30pm
Tickets £8 / £6 (concession)
Box Office: 028 9448 1338

Garage Theatre, Monaghan

Tuesday 13 February at 8pm
Tickets €14 / €12 (concession)
Box Office: 047 81597

Market Place Theatre, Co. Armagh

Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 February at 8pm
Tickets £10 / £8 (concession)
Box Office: 028 3752 1821

Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan

Friday 16 & Saturday 17 February at 8.30pm
Box Office: 049 854 7074

Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, Co. Derry

Tuesday 20 - Thursday 22 February at 8pm
Box Office: 028 7032 3232

Roscommon Arts Centre, Co. Roscommon

Saturday 24 February at 8pm
Box Office: 090 662 5824

The Baby Grand, Grand Opera House, Belfast

Monday 26 February at 8pm
Tuesday 27 February at 11am matinee & 8pm
Tickets £10.75 / £8.50 (concession)
Box Office: 028 9024 1919

Burnavon Arts & Cultural Centre, Cookstown

Wednesday 28 February at 8pm
Tickets £8 / £6 (concession)
Box Office: 028 8676 9949

Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire

Thursday 1 – Saturday 3 March at 8pm
Tickets €20 / €15 (concession)
Box Office: 01 231 2929

Civic Theatre, Tallaght

Monday 5 – Saturday 10 March at 8pm
Tickets €20 / €16 (concession)
Box Office: 01 462 7477

Big Telly Theatre Company www.big-telly.com
028 7083 2588
info@big-telly.com

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