The Bonefire

By Rosemary Jnkinson

Project Arts Centre (as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival)

Sept 30 - Oct 14 2006 (previews Sept 28-29)

Nightly at 7.45pm. Saturday and Wednesday matinees at 2.45pm.

Booking: 01 677 8899/881 9613 or at www.dublintheatrefestival.com

A comedy of manners amongst the sectarian classes.

Rough Magic (Improbable Frequency, 2004) returns to the Dublin Theatre

Festival with a glittering comedy of violence that takes a darkly satirical

look at what really lights our fire.

Across Belfast the Loyalist community is steadying itself for the orgiastic

drug-fest that is the sacred and glorious 12th of July. As ‘The Boney’ looms

larger day by day, UDA wannabes are drawn like moths to a

flame. Up in the flats, hardman Tommy thinks Leanne is more like his Ma

than his sister, but in her head Leanne is anything but maternal. And when Tommy’s pal Davey arrives with a mysterious new woman, it only takes a spark to ignite the Bonefire.

Developed during the company’s successful SEEDS new writing initiative, The Bonefire is the debut play of a bold and exciting new voice in Irish theatre.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Tommy: Joe Rea

Leanne: Andrea Irvine

Davey: Gerard Jordan

Warren: Ciaran Nolan

Sinead: Kathy Kiera Clarke

Creative and Production Team

Director: Lynne Parker
Set Designer: Alan Farquharson
Costume Designer: Kathy Strachan
Lighting Designer: Sinead Wallace
Production Manager: Marie Breen
Stage Director: Stephanie Ryan
Stage Manager: Eavan Murphy
Administrator: Claire O'Neill
Producer: Loughlin Deegan

“A new Rough Magic production is always awaited with salivatory expectation” Irish Times

“With the confidence and skill of a master craftsman, Rough Magic is producing sharp, brave work that is finding a hungry and appreciative audience” The Village