"The Cripple Of Innishman" set for Russia

Friday night will be the last opportunity for theatre goers to see The Cripple Of Innishman before it heads to Russia.

 Friday night will be the last opportunity for theatre goers to see The Cripple Of Innishman before it heads to Russia.

The Bardic Theatre Group in Donaghmore has been invited to perform the show at the second international Martin McDonagh Festival in October.

Festival organisers were so impressed with the group’s online trailer, that they invited them to the city of Perm in Russia

Located on the remote Island of Arran off the West of Ireland during the early 1930s, The Cripple of Inishmaan explores themes such as poverty, sex and violence in McDonagh’s darkest style, managing at the same time to produce what is a hilarious comedy masterpiece.

“We toured The Cripple of Inishmaan throughout Ireland during March and April to sell out audiences,” says Director, Sean Faloon.

“The festival picked up on this online, together with Jim McKeown’s excellent video trailer, and this prompted them to issue the invite to the festival which was conceived by Theatre U Mosta artistic director Sergei Fedotov - the first person to direct the Russian translation of McDonagh's Hangmen in 2015.”

"Theatre in the Mid Ulster area is in a good place," adds Sean, “and now, it’s in a good place internationally."

In the meantime, the group will perform the show at the Bardic on Friday night.

Tickets are now available for The Cripple of Inishmaan at Bardic Theatre on 23rd September at www.bardictheatre.com and Stuart’s Music Shop, Dungannon, tel 028 8772 5286.