LAST NIGHT @ 9pm
​Kitty O'Shea: 
the uncrowned queen of Ireland
​15-17 July @ Etcetera Theatre
​(Above Oxford Arms), 265 Camden High Street NW1 7BU. 9pm start. To book direct
https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/event/kitty/

Written and directed by John Dunne, Kitty explores the affair between Charles Stewart Parnell and Kitty O'Shea in the 1880's which split the Irish nation and damaged the cause of independence for decades.

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REHEARSED READING
Fri 9th August @ 2.30pm

Kennedy Hall, London Irish Centre, Camden Square. Admission free

The Secret Child 
Written by Gordon Lewis adapted for the stage by Tom O'Brien and directed by John Dunne

An unforgettable and inspiring true story of a young boy born an "unfortunate" onto the rough streets of 1950's Dublin and raised as secret child in a home for unmarried mothers. ​

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GUEST PRODUCTION
Tue 20th – Sat 24th August @ 7.30pm (Sat matinee at 2.30pm) 
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The New Theatre
Essex Street Temple Bar, Dublin 1 (opposite the back of the Clarence Hotel)

Booking: thenewtheatre.com 
01-6703361  

Irish Actors Theatre Company present

Neil O’Shea in An Evening with Great Irish Writers
An entertaining one-man performance of writings by Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, G.B. Shaw and many more with lots of humour. An intoxicating mix of humour and pathos, satire and astute observation supplied by some of Ireland’s most famous writers of the past. 

PRESS COMMENTS
​“A superior salon piece…” Irish Times “Easy versatility drives this adroitly edited Gaelic Sampler…a testament to O’Shea’s unassuming expertise…..”Los Angeles Times “A talented performer and storyteller relaying remarkable wordplay from that most imaginative of nations.” Los Angeles Metro

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I Danced with my Father 
A black comedy where darkness lurks. 
22-23 September @ Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor Street SW4 6DZ

ON A DREARY, MISERABLE FRIDAY NIGHT, MUCH AGAINST HIS WISHES, JOSEPH AND HIS WIFE CLODAGH DECIDE TO REHEARSE HER FUNERAL. WHAT STARTS OFF AS A FUN-FILLED NIGHT, PROPPED UP WITH A DRINK OR TWO, SOON BECOMES SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER TURNS UP AND JOINS IN. A COMEDY WITH A TWIST BY NEWRY WRITER SHANE WHITE.

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Lady Gregory: a Galway Life
Written by Phil Mason, performed by Maura Judges  

20-21 October @ Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor Street SW4 6DZ

22-26 October @ Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul's Road, Highbury N1 2NA 

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