Funny, provocative play in Naas's Moat next week
Eilish Rafferty as Woman and Brendan Farrell as Man
A PROVACATIVE and funny place is coming to the Moat in Naas.
Nomad Players presents by Christopher Durang at the Moat Theatre on Friday 28 February. Set in 1980s New York, Laughing Wild is about the perils and stresses of modern life in urban America.
President Reagan is in the White House. The AIDS epidemic rages. In a frenetic city coloured by increasing political and social conservatism, a man and a woman are trying to function. They look for the answers in different places from the Sally Jessy Raphael show to crystals and affirmations, but what they really yearn for is human connection. The play, which was first performed in New York in 1987, couldn't be more relevant to the agonies of modern existence.
Nomad Players are Maeve O’Donovan and Eilish Rafferty, two theatre makers from the Midlands who specialise in telling the stories of ordinary women who do bad things or make bad choices.
In this production, directed by woman Maeve O’Donovan, Eilish Rafferty plays Woman and Brendan Farrell plays Man.
Brendan Farrell has extensive experience performing on stage and screen from plays and musicals to films and TV series. He trained at the Gaiety School of Acting and Bow Street Academy as well as with leading individual tutors.
In the last few years, he has appeared in the feature film, , the comedy-drama series and several TV ads. He will be seen in the upcoming TV series for Hulu and is currently filming CBS Studios’ .
Director Maeve O’Donovan said: “It’s fun, mad, ironic and smart. I loved this play from the moment I read it. We were rehearsing it during the presidential election in America and we could not believe how it chimes with everything that’s happening in America at the moment.”
Booking at www.moattheatre.com or 045 883030.
