Kitty in the Lane production features in Clonmel Junction Arts Festival

Studio Perform Theatre present Kitty in the Lane,written and performed by Áine Ryan  and directed by Jack Reardon

 It will be held in the Festival Dome for the Clonmel Junction Arts Festival on  Thursday 6 – Friday 7 July at 8.30pm.

 Kitty waits alone in her kitchen. Her father is dying in the room next door. Kitty wishes he would just hurry up. Kitty wishes her boyfriend, late to accompany her to a local beauty pageant, would hurry up too. Slugging whiskey and gorging cake isn’t going to help but whatever happens, Kitty’s evening is about to devastate or thrill.

 A new production of Kitty in the Lane makes its Irish premiere after a successful run of the play in London in May, playing to sell out houses and receiving a Standing Ovation Nomination and numerous outstanding reviews.

 Áine Ryan, Playwright. Áine Ryan is an award winning writer and performer from county Tipperary, Ireland.. She holds a BA (Honours) in Theatre and Performance from Goldsmiths, University of London and a Higher Diploma in Film and Television Production through Irish from WIT/ Nemeton.

Her plays have been performed at various festivals such as Galway Theatre Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and San Francisco International Arts Festival. Her work explores unrepresented voices from rural Ireland and themes of isolation, grief and female empowerment. She has received commissions from The Source Arts Centre and awarded Professional Development Award, Agility Award and Project Award funding from the Arts Council of Ireland.

Jack Reardon, Director. Originally from county Tipperary Jack Reardon studied directing at The Lir Academy, Dublin and went on to work with Ireland’s leading theatres including at the Abbey, The Gate and with Landmark productions. Jack’s recent credits include a sell-out tour of Cathal Ryan’s Pucked, the Irish premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Anna Jordan’s The Unreturning. Jack will next create an outdoor spectacle production looking at the formation of the Irish State as part of the Irish Arts Council’s ART23 programme.