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SAINTS OF LONDON/LONDON TOGETHER/LONDAIN LE CHÉILE
A tour of the play will take place to local day centres once covid restrictions are lifted.
Queen's Crescent Community Association (QCCA) are pleased to present a St Patrick's Day play written and produced by members of QCCA's Scribes & Thespians writing/drama group, funded by the Mayor of London to produce a play for St Patrick's day and beyond. Saints of London is a celebration of London's Irish community, featuring original poetry, songs and stories inspired by members' Irish relatives coming to London in the 50's/60's.
For further information and digital recordings of our work, QCCA at www.qcca.org.uk.
A tour of the play will take place to local day centres once covid restrictions are lifted.
Queen's Crescent Community Association (QCCA) are pleased to present a St Patrick's Day play written and produced by members of QCCA's Scribes & Thespians writing/drama group, funded by the Mayor of London to produce a play for St Patrick's day and beyond. Saints of London is a celebration of London's Irish community, featuring original poetry, songs and stories inspired by members' Irish relatives coming to London in the 50's/60's.
For further information and digital recordings of our work, QCCA at www.qcca.org.uk.
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THE HANNAH COFFIN SHIP by JOHN DUNNE
A true story of a coffin ship which transported agricultural tenants and their families to the New World in 1849 - with devastating results. 4-6 June @ Etcetera Theatre (above the Oxford Arms) 265 Camden High Street NW1 7BU @ 7pm @ £10 Tel 0207 482 4857 8-12 June @ Bread & Roses Theatre 68 Clapham Manor Road London SW4 6DZ @ 7.30pm @ £10https://www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk/whats-on.html#event=40692982 |
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"When my great grandfather got on a coffin ship in the Irish Sea, expectation was, was he going to live long enough for that ship to get as far as the United States of America? But they left because of what the Brits were doing - they were in real, real trouble. They didn't want to leave but they had no choice." President Joe Biden
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MAC SWINEY by JOHN DUNNE
Play to mark the centenary of the death of Terence Mac Swiney who died while on hunger strike in Brixton Gaol on the 25th October 1920 after 74 days of starvation at the hands of the British authorities. The play also features Tomás Mac Curtáin who was killed by British forces a few months earlier. Other key characters include Muriel Mac Swiney and a British official. This production supported by the London Cork Association for which many thanks.
Play to mark the centenary of the death of Terence Mac Swiney who died while on hunger strike in Brixton Gaol on the 25th October 1920 after 74 days of starvation at the hands of the British authorities. The play also features Tomás Mac Curtáin who was killed by British forces a few months earlier. Other key characters include Muriel Mac Swiney and a British official. This production supported by the London Cork Association for which many thanks.
20-22nd July @ Bread & Roses Theatre
68 Clapham Manor Road London SW4 6DZ @ 7.30pm @ £10
www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk info@breadandrosestheatre.co.uk
25-26 July @ Etcetera Theatre (above the Oxford Arms) 265 Camden High Street NW1 7BU Tel 0207 482 4857 @ 7pm @ £10
68 Clapham Manor Road London SW4 6DZ @ 7.30pm @ £10
www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk info@breadandrosestheatre.co.uk
25-26 July @ Etcetera Theatre (above the Oxford Arms) 265 Camden High Street NW1 7BU Tel 0207 482 4857 @ 7pm @ £10
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CONSTANCE DE MARKIEVICZ
Ireland's Freedom Fighter by PHIL MASON
Written by Galway writer Phil Mason who recently penned a play about Lady Gregory which toured Ireland as well as in London, Constance de Markievicz played a key role in the 1916 Rising and later during the war of independence and the civil war.
Archive clip: http://www.phonobase.org/audio/AD-2015/2015_1006.mp3?fbclid=IwAR14cXkVdj0zPk2C7NKKFUxQKdBLnYZ5CoeFSDOkmgk_Qd4nCcALxzzaZj4
3-5th August @ 7.30pm @ £10
@ Bread & Roses Theatre
68 Clapham Manor Road London SW4 6DZ
www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk info@breadandrosestheatre.co.uk
Ireland's Freedom Fighter by PHIL MASON
Written by Galway writer Phil Mason who recently penned a play about Lady Gregory which toured Ireland as well as in London, Constance de Markievicz played a key role in the 1916 Rising and later during the war of independence and the civil war.
Archive clip: http://www.phonobase.org/audio/AD-2015/2015_1006.mp3?fbclid=IwAR14cXkVdj0zPk2C7NKKFUxQKdBLnYZ5CoeFSDOkmgk_Qd4nCcALxzzaZj4
3-5th August @ 7.30pm @ £10
@ Bread & Roses Theatre
68 Clapham Manor Road London SW4 6DZ
www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk info@breadandrosestheatre.co.uk
