The Night Alive (2025)

Written by Conor McPherson

Directed by Josie Corr

Performances

Synopsis

The Night Alive by Conor McPherson tells the story of Tommy, an affable guy who ambles through life, doing a bit of wheeling and dealing with his friend Doc. He has created a squalid living space in his uncle Maurice’s crumbling Dublin house. A chance meeting and an act of heroism brings the young woman, Aimee, into his life. Will Tommy be able to provide the safety she needs from the destructive Kenneth? McPherson gives us a humourous , warm and chilling story. It’s everchanging switches in mood keeps us captivated, while leaving us asking – what’s going on?!

Cast

Andy Speirs

Maurice

Roisin Carey

Aimee

Fergus Boyle

Kenneth

Joe O'Neill

Doc

Michael Rose

Tommy

Crew

Josie Corr

Director

Alex Morrow

Stage Manager

Wilson Morrow

Stage Crew

Cora Devlin

Stage Crew

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Set
• Audience Award

• Committee Cup for Overall Winner
• O’Cahan Cup for Décor
• Malachy McLaughlin Cup for Stage Lighting - Mervyn Barkman, Lynda Esler
• Route Cup for Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Vin Smyth Memorial Trophy for Best Producer - Josie Corr
• Edmund Gordon Memorial Trophy for Best Moment of Theatre - Doc's Black Hole Speech
• Wreath Cup for Most Ambitious Choice of Play
• Sir Robert Lynn Cup for Best Irish Dialect Play

• Clonavon Cup - Best Play by an Irish Author
• William McKay Kenny Cup - Best Moment of Theatre - What's Wrong With You Scene - Tommy and Doc
• Portadown Festival Association Cup - Most promising Actor/Actress - Michael Rose
• Fiona Hughes Memorial Cup - Most promising New Actor/Actress - Roisin Carey

• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs

Nominations

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Best Actress - Roisin Carey
• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs

• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Best Supporting Actor - Fergus Boyle
• Best Moment of Theatre - Kenneth and Doc's Fight

• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Adjudicator's Award (Director) - Josie Corr
• Technical Award (Backstage) - Alex Morrow, Wilson Morrow, Cora Devlin, Bronwyn McLaughlin

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs
• Best Director - Josie Corr

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill

In Rehearsal

Past Performances

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The Passing Day

by George Sheils

2024

Synopsis

The Passing Day is a subtle and humourous study of greed. John Fibbs, is a workaholic, a skinflint and tight-fisted shopkeeper who has foregone all relaxation and pleasure in his life in order to fulfill one secret dream - to go on a long cruise, "a thousand miles up the Amazon". As he lies dying in hospital attended on by his wife (who is not exactly heartbroken at his impending demise), the detailed events of his last day in business are revealed with sardonic irony and detachment.

The Passing Day was written in 1936 but has been updated for this production to 1969.

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The Cripple Of Inishmaan

by Martin McDonagh

2020

Synopsis

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran. No one is more excited than Billy, an unloved and crippled boy whose chief occupation has been gazing at cows and yearning for a girl who wants no part of him.

For Billy is determined to cross the sea and audition for the Yank. As news of his audacity ripples thorugh his rumour-starved community, The Cripple of Inishmaan becomes a merciless portrayal of a world so comically cramped and mean-spirited that hope is an affront to its order.

With this bleak yet uproariously funny play, Martin McDonagh fulfilled the promise of his award-winning The Beauty Queen of Leenane while confirming his place in a tradition that extends from Synge to O'Casey and Brendan Behan.

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Scenes From The Big Picture

by Owen McCafferty

2019

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Say Cheese

by Bernard Farrell

2018

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Theft

by Eric Chappell

2005

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The Passing Day

by George Shiels

2004

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The Chastitute

by John B. Keane

2003

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Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Overall Winner

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Remembrance

by Graham Reid

2002

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Philadelphia Here I Come

by Brian Freil

2001

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Enniskillen Drama Festival, Newtownstewart Drama Festival, City of Derry Drama Festival, Newtownabbey Drama Festival, Newry Drama Festival

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Lovers

by Brian Freil

2000

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The Mating Season

by Sam Cree

2000

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The Rose Tattoo

by Tennessee Williams

1999

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Wyrd Sisters

by Terry Pratchett (adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs)

1999

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Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth

by Shakespeare, McGillivray & Zerlin Jr

1998

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Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

1997

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Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1995

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Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1994

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Don't Tell The Wife

by Sam Cree

1995

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Zoo Story

by Edward Albee

1994

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A Dog's Life

by Jack McCann

1994

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Babes in the Wood

1988

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Riders to the Sea

by J.M. Synge

1984

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The Last Burning

by Patrick Galvin

1983

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The Imposter

by Molière

1982

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The Playboy of the Western World

by J.M. Synge

1981

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Tarry Flynn

by Patrick Kavanagh

1980

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Them

by Tom Coffey

1979

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The Potting Shed

by Graham Greene

1978

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Blood Wedding

by Federico García Lorca

1977

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An Inspector Calls

by J. B. Priestley

1977

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Aladdin

1976

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Sweet Bird of Youth

by Tennessee Williams

1975

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Cinderella

1975

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Red Roses For Me

by Sean O'Casey

1974

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Supporting Actor - Patsy McGuckian as Brennan o' the Moor
• Countess of Antrim Bursary - Brigid Riordan as Sheila Moorneen

• Guinness Trophy - Best Overall Play
• R Victor Hawthorne Challenge Cup - Class 1 Full Length Straight Play
• Clonavon Cup - Class 3 - Full Length Play by Irish Author
• Mrs Warnock Cup - Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Adjudicator's Award - excellent production of crowd scenes and thrilling lighting
• Certificate of Merit (Lighting)
• Certificate of Merit (Performance) - Patsy McGuckian as Brennan o' the Moor

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A Kind of Living

by Brigid Riordan, Seamus Mulholland & Patsy McGuckian

1973

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Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1973

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Grand Opera House Challenge Cup - Overall Winner
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Best Supporting Actor - Carl McAuley

• Guinness Trophy - Best Overall Play
• Topsey Wilson Challenge Cup - for the play with greatest public appeal
• R Victor Hawthorne Challenge Cup
• Mrs Warnock Cup - Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Charles Cooper Cup - The Entire Male Cast (usually Best Actor)
• Mandeville Cup - The Entire Female Cast (usually Best Actress)

• Certificate of Merit (Acting) - Anne Magill (as Barbara Allen)

Nominations

• Best Actor - Liam Neeson
• Best Actor - Carl McAuley
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown

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Big Maggie

by John B. Keane

1972

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Grand Opera House Challenge Cup - Overall Winner
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown

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Lovers

by Brian Friel

1971

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actor - Oliver Kearney
• Best Actress - Brigid Riordan
• Nicholl Jeffrey Memorial Cup (best Irish play)

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The Words Upon the Window Pane (1 Act)

by W. B. Yeats

1970

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Bedtime Story (1 Act)

by Sean O'Casey

1970

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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1 Act)

by George Bernard Shaw

1970

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Philadelphia Here I Come

by Brian Friel

1970

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Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Regal Trophy
• Nicholl Jeffrey Memorial Cup (best Irish play)
• Best Actor - Liam Neeson and Oliver Kearney (shared)

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