Tipperary theatre to host comedy by Fethard Players

Booking has now opened for Fethard Players production of The Maiden Aunt, written by Jimmy Keary, and produced by Marian Gilpin.

This hilarious three-act comedy has been a huge success all over Ireland and the Fethard Players experienced cast are currently putting the final touches to their production, which opens on Monday January 29, and runs up to Saturday, February 3, in the Abymill Theatre, curtain up at 8pm. Booking is now open online at: www.gr8events.ie/the
maidenaunt/ and early booking is advisable. Tickets €18 plus online booking fee.

The Maiden Aunt, is set in a farmhouse somewhere in Ireland in the late 1990s, and the plot centres around Gertie O’Grady, a retired teacher and spinster, who comes to stay with her niece, Mary Murphy, after a spell in hospital.
Mary tries to persuade her aunt to make a will. When Gertie apparently ‘dies’, Mary’s husband, Dan comes up with an elaborate plan to get their hands on her money.
We welcome new members Mark Fitzgerald and Owen Healy, who are both making their first appearance on stage with Fethard Players.

he characters are played by the following: Gertie O’Grady (Niamh Hayes) – a retired teacher in her late fifties; Mary Murphy (Mary Boland Prendergast) – a hard-working farmer’s wife in her late forties; Dan Murphy (P.J. Henehan) – Mary’s husband, who is of similar age; John Paul Murphy (Mark Fitzgerald) – Dan and Mary’s son, whose ideas are too big for his brain; Jarlath McKenna (Owen Healy) – a good-natured friend of John Paul’s, who impresses Gertie; Francie Gilhooley (Liam O'Connor) – a farm labourer in his fifties, with an eye for the women; Caroline Quinn (Una Kiernan) – a well-to-do neighbour of the Murphy’s and former pupil of Gertie’s; Paula Moore (Lisa Hanrahan) – a young solicitor, who knows her business.

Playwright Jimmy Keary was born in 1958 and began writing detective/adventure stories in 1970 for his own amusement. In 1977 he made his acting debut in a production of Drama At Inish at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Jimmy wrote his first three-act play, The Maiden Aunt, in 2000, which premiered in Killala, county Mayo. Since then, he has written over 23 three-act comedies, which have been staged all over Ireland, including several plays also staged in the United States.