Improbable Frequency (revival)

By Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter

PRESS QUOTES AWARDS

Traverse Theatre

Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED.

August 6-27 (not Mon). Previews August 4-5

Tickets and information: 0131 228 1404 / www.traverse.co.uk.

Tickets Preview: £9 full price/£4.50 concession and unemployed

Tickets Apex: £11 full price/£7 concession /£4.50 unemployed

Tickets Regular: £15 full price/£10 concession /£4.50 unemployed

Times: Fri 4 Aug, 19.00 (Preview): Sat 5 Aug, 10.45 (Preview): Sun 6 Aug, 14.00 (APEX): Tue 8 Aug, 16.00: Wed 9 Aug, 19.15: Thu 10 Aug, 10.00: Fri 11 Aug, 13.00: Sat 12 Aug, 16.00: Sun 13 Aug, 19.15: Tue 15 Aug, 10.00: Wed 16 Aug, 13.00: Thu 17 Aug, 16.00: Fri 18 Aug, 19.15: Sat 19 Aug, 10.00: Sun 20 Aug, 13.00: Tue 22 Aug, 16.30: Wed 23 Aug, 19.30: Thu 24 Aug, 10.00: Fri 25 Aug, 13.00: Sat 26 Aug, 16.30: Sun 27 Aug, 19.30

Rough Magic (Fringe First winners in 2001 and 2004) returns to the Traverse with their hugely successful musical comedy, Improbable Frequency. Winner of three Irish Theatre Awards including Best Production and Best Director, Improbable Frequency is a joyous surreal satire that lifts the lid on Ireland’s beloved neutrality and cuts to the heart of the tempestuous affair with its nearest neighbour – England!

It's 1941. Europe is at war and espionage is the front line. As the rest of the world gets on with the small matter of the Second World War, Dublin's lights burn flagrantly and Europe's intellectual elite has come to play. But suspicious messages on a radio requests-show have drawn the attention of M15 and a diffident young code-breaker is dispatched to Dublin to determine which side neutral Ireland is really on.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Erwin Schrodinger/The Colonel: Dan Gordon
Tristram Faraday: Peter Hanly
Myles na gCopaleen/Muldoon: Darragh Kelly
Philomena O'Shea: Lisa Lambe
John Betjeman/O"Dromedary: Louis Lovett
Agent Green: Cathy White

Members of the cast also played various minor roles.

Band (in alphabetical order)

Double Bass and Flute: Ellen Cranitch
Percussion: Robbie Harris
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet: Conor Sheil
Keyboards: Cathal Synnott

Creative and Production Team

Director: Lynne Parker
Set Designer: Alan Farquharson
Costume Designer: Kathy Strachan
Lighting Designer: Sinead Mckenna
Sound Design: Bell Helicopter (Conor Kelly and Sam Park)
Musical Director: Cathal Synnott
Associate Director: Tom Creed
Production Manager: Marie Breen
Stage Director: Paula Tierney
Stage Manager: Eavan Murphy

Sound Consultant: Fergus O'Hare

Set Construction: Shadow Productions
Hair and Make Up Design: Val Sherlock
Graphic Design: Alphabet Soup
Production Photographer: Ros Kavanagh
Administrator: Claire O'Neill
Producer: Loughlin Deegan

Air for 'All in Vain' Composed by: Conor Linehan