Theatre: THE RARE OUL' TIMES
 Friary
Hall, Haslett Avenue,
Crawley - map
Friday 24 November
2006
Time: 7.30pm - Tickets: £5
Starring: Ken McElroy and Oliver Moore
'The Rare Oul' Times'
play is an original piece of writing by Ken McElroy. Performed by The
Nomadic Theatre Company, winners of the 'Good Companions Touring Award'
at the National Fit-Up Awards in Dublin, the play portrays the
brilliance and humour of Patrick Kavanager and Brendan Behan.
The action takes place in John Ryan's famous Bailey Pub in Duke Street,
Dublin, where the audience are on-lookers as two of Ireland's most
outrageous and notorious drinkers and literary figures, Brendan Behan
and Patrick Kavanagh, discuss their successes, failures and love lives
to date in 1950's Dublin.
Nostalgia, humour and song flow in equal proportions to the pints of
'black stuff', as the cast produce a memorable night's theatre that
will
send the audience home with a tear in their eye and a smile on their
lips.
Doors
open at 7pm for 8pm start.
Bar facilities are available and disabled access is present.
Tickets just £5 - book
online or call 01293 513189
Venue Details:
THE FRIARY HALL
Haslett Avenue West,
Crawley,
West Sussex,
RH10
1HS
01293 513189
What the critics say
"the audience stood to
appauld and raised their glasses to this pacey little production"
- Arts Extra, BBC Northern Ireland
"this years
must see play at the Milwaukee Irish Festival"
- Milwaukee Sentinel
"A nostalgic
romp... wallow in their loveable eccentricity"
- The Glasgow Herald
"One of the
undoubted highlights of the festival"
- Sean Kelly (Director),
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
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