Balally Players – 3 One Act Plays

Step into a world of tension, dark humour and unforgettable characters with 3 powerful one-act plays, from Ireland, America and Sweden, each with a different Balally Players director. Together, these plays offer an evening of darkly comic storytelling that spans the contemporary and the classic, the amusing and the tragic, the intimate and the explosive. It’s theatre that will leave you laughing, unsettled and thinking, long after you leave the Maureen O’Hara studio in dlr Mill Theatre.  Suitable for age 16+

‘Bogboy’ by Deirdre Kinahan, by kind permission of Nick Hern Books, (directed by Joanne Keane) – from one of Ireland’s most compelling voices comes a darkly comic and deeply humane story. This is a gripping Irish tale of violence, redemption and human connection when the past and present collide in the midlands. As a long-buried crime resurfaces, two lives are changed forever. ‘Bogboy’ is Balally Players’ entry to the ADCI/DLI One Act Circuit and goes on tour to 5 drama festivals around the country.

‘Cannibals’ by Heather Dundas (directed by Gerard Bourke) – a biting 20 min. comedy, from the American writer, exposing the savagery hidden beneath polite society. We meet a frazzled mother questioning her life in the chaos of a morning carpool. Between screaming kids and the memories of a freer past, she begins to question how she ended up here … and whether she can escape.

The Stronger by August Strindberg (directed by Wesley Scully) – a short one-act play, by the Swedish playwright, of psychological tension and unspoken rivalry. On Christmas Eve, two women meet by chance in a café: one married, one single. Through a sharp, one-sided conversation, old secrets, desires and jealousies surface – raising the question of who truly holds the power in their relationship.