Same Old Moon, by Geraldine Aron
Belltable, 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick
March 14th to 17th 2012
Directed by Jean Fay
Cast | Production Team | ||||
| Brenda | ... | Caitriona Stack | Director | ... | Jean Fay |
| Peace / Rev. Mother | ... | Margaret Murnane | |||
| Bridie | ... | Emer Nolan | Design | ... | Loren Harnett |
| Desmond | ... | Timothy Schinnick | Lighting Design | ... | Jay Kavanagh |
| Postman / Barman | ... | Tim McInerney | Stage Manager | ... | Stacy Franklin |
| Mullen / Mooney | ... | Graham Courage | Assistant Stage Managers | ... | Siobhan Howard |
| Bella Rafferty | ... | Jackie Ryan | Marie Boyce | ||
| Di | ... | Fionnuala Quigley | Eoin O'Riordan | ||
| Dee | ... | Eoin Kelly | Costumes | ... | Evelyn Kileen McCrann |
| Kevin / Trevor | ... | Conor Portley | Marian Dineen | ||
| Cafe Daphne | ... | Suzi O'Brien | Properties - Painting | ... | Stacy Franklin |
| Enrico / Mark | ... | Mark McGee | Ann Franklin | ||
| Granny / Mrs. Brown | ... | Sarah Ryan | Facebook PRO | ... | Sarah Ryan |
| Mrs. Geeny | ... | Deirdre Brennan | Rehearsal Continuity | ... | Kitty Garry |
| Priest | ... | Dara Greene | Sound Operator | ... | Nadia Sakni |
| Nurse | ... | Kitty Garry | Choreography | ... | Ger Stack |
| Dancer | ... | Lucy Pratt | Photographer | ... | Liam Ryan |
| Bar Design / Construction | ... | Graham Courage | |||
| Group Patron | ... | John Anthony Murphy | |||
| Setup Crew | ... | Tim McInerney, John Ryan, Nino Matassa, Przemyslaw Nieciejowski, John Downes, Graham Courage | |||
| Front of House Team | ... | Nuala Real, Rosie Coakley, Anna Moloney, Kitty Garry, Marian Dineen, Mary Butler | |||
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 Geraldine AronGeraldine Aron was born in Galway but spent most of her adult life in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. She now divides her time between Cape Town and London. She is the author of twelve plays produced for television and radio, and 'Toscanini', a screenplay directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Plays include ‘A Galway Girl’, ‘Bar and Ger’, ‘Same Old Moon’, ‘Spider’, ‘The Donahue Sisters’, ‘The Stanley Parkers’, ‘Mr McConkey's Suitcase’, ‘Zombie’, ‘Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye’ and ‘Joggers’. Her hugely acclaimed one-woman show ‘My Brilliant Divorce’ has been performed all over the world and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2004. She is also the past winner of two Edinburgh Fringe Firsts, for 'Bar and Ger' and 'A Galway Girl' respectively. <Click here for IrishPlayography Entry> |
| Same Old Moon This very funny and moving play, follows the life of aspiring writer Brenda Barnes, from childhood to her early forties. Through her eyes, we see her eccentric and fiery Irish family - her wilful and self-destructive Dad, her put-upon and sometimes hot-tempered Mum, and many other characters that have influenced her life. It is a charming, but not uncritical, look at family life - they just wish she would write something funny, and not wash her family's dirty linen in public! Hilarious scrapes erupt when Brenda's imagination and intelligence bump against the restrictions of Irish and English customs and society, and through her journey, she learns about attitudes to race, sex and love - sometimes the hard way. It's a play littered with comedy and poignancy throughout, and promises to entertain. |