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Rathfarnham Theatre Group

We are a community based Group, made up largely of people living in the Rathfarnham area who are interested in all aspects of drama. As well as staging full-length productions, we provide opportunities for our members to learn about all aspects of drama via weekly workshops held in St. Mary's Boys' National School, Grange Road.

We are proud to present our next productoin "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" By Martin McDonagh Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific.

Date:Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th January 2003 - Starts promptly 8.00pm

Venue: The Little Theatre in the Hills (Behind the Cuckoo's Nest Pub) Tallaght, Dublin 24

Tickets: priced at €10, available by calling 087 2741451


As you can imagine, staging a play such as "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" involves quite an outlay of expenditure, which one cannot guarantee will be recouped by receipts at the door. For that reason, for our Spring production each year we produce a programme with advertisements, the cost of which are per full page (A5), per half page and per quarter page.

If you would like to advertise call Pat Hanratty on the number shown below or contact Ursula Kilfoyle at 4931948.


Rathfarnham Theatre Group production history:

May 1991 The Year of the Hiker John B. Keane

Dec. 1991 Three One Acts - A Galway Girl, Geraldine Aron - Dream Jobs Graham Jones - The Late Arrival Of The Incoming Aircraft Hugh Leonard.

Apr. 1992 Drama at Inish Lennox Robinson

Dec. 1992 Big Maggie John B. Keane

May 1993 The Odd Couple (Female version) Neil Simon

Dec. 1993 Juno and the Paycock Seán O'Casey

Nov. 1994 The Righteous are Bold Frank Carney

May 1995 Blithe Spirit Noel Coward

Nov. 1995 Loves of Cass McGuire Brian Friel

May 1996 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde

Sept. 1996 Chapter Two Neil Simon

Nov. 1996 Three One Acts - Strawberry Jam Bruce Fisk- Last Tango in Rathfarnham David Tristram- Words Words Words David Ives

May 1997 Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel

Sept. 1997 Someone Will Watch Over Me Frank McGuinness

Jan. 1998 The House Of Bernarda Alba Féderíco Lorca

May 1998 Philadelphia Here I Come Brian Friel

Sept. 1998 The Gingerbread Lady Neil Simon

Jan. 1999 Sive John B. Keane

May 1999 Play On Rick Abbot

Nov. 1999 and Jan. 2000 The Plough and the Stars Seán O'Casey

April 2000 Ill Met by Moonlight Micheál Mac Liammoir

Jan. 2001 Happy Birthday Dear Alice Bernard Farrell

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