Dear friends,

Here is another bulletin full of more news of all kinds, interesting
plays, workshops, auditions, and other information about what’s going
on in Cork (and one workshop in Dublin!). I hope you find it
interesting!!

Best wishes,

Marcus

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The aforementioned play in the Cork Arts Theatre, ‘Wait Until Dark’ has a 2 for 1 offer tonight. The show opened on Wednesday and had very good houses every night since. Therefore I recommend booking, particularly if you are thinking of going later in the week.

Tonight also promises to be very busy due to the offer, so again, book now rather than turning up at the door!

As my mother directed the show, you might think I am somewhat biased, but I saw the show on opening night, and again on Friday, and it is an excellent evening’s entertainment. I hadn’t read or seen the play before, nor had I seen the film, and the show had me on the edge of my seat - the way the complex plot unfolds is gripping and the execution of the production is top notch.

The show runs until Saturday, and I would urge you not to miss it.

Where is the Cork Arts Theatre:

Dave and I have written a play called Falling Slowly. It is getting a rehearsed reading, which I am directing, in the Granary Studio this Wednesday, the 13th, at 6pm. Admission is free and the more the merrier for us as we are looking for feedback and audience reaction. It is a romance story so perfect for the week that’s in it.

Mark is a regular twenty something muddling along in post Celtic tiger Ireland. He thinks life is easy until he meets someone worth falling for. Falling Slowly is the story of Mark’s realisation that life is not always simple and sometimes you have to fight for what you want. He doesn’t bargin on an old friend complicating things or on those unexpected events that can turn your life upside down in an instant. Can Mark figure out what he realy wants….or will he be too slow?

I would also like to take this opportunity to officially launch Clinic Media. It is our Production company, primarily focused on theatre and film. We were responsible for the recent production of Howie The Rookie but are officially launching with Falling Slowly, our first in-house production.

Falling Slowly, a new play written and directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin, based on a story by David O’Byrne and Eoin Ó hAnnracháin.

Rehearsed reading, Wednesday the 13th of February. 6pm, Granary Studio.

See clinicmedia.net for further details.

Wait Until Dark opens in the Cork Arts Theatre tomorrow, directed by none other than my own mother - and tickets for tomorrow night’s performance are on a 2 for 1 offer.

Director Mairin Prendergast, who is well known in Cork Theatre circles, received great reviews for her own acting performance in the Sunbeam Girls last year, and has previously directed Skylight Production’s Dracula in the Firkin Crane.

Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott & presented by Skylight Productions.

London, the swinging sixties, a model, a doll, a psychopath, two ex-cons…..a spine chilling thriller.

Wait Until Dark was written by Frederick Knott, who you might know as the author of ‘Dial M For Murder’ which was made into a film by Hitchcock. Wait Until Dark was also made into a film with Audrey Hepburn.

Wait Until dark is a suspenseful and intrigueing psychological thriller which builds to a chilling climax. The heroine is a blind woman who has unwittingly become the target of three thugs who believe her to be in posession of a quantity of smuggled drugs hidden in a doll. The thugs devise a complex plan to rob her of the doll.

And here’s the trailer for the film version:

Dear Friends,

Here is our february Bulletin with lots and lots of news, plays, workshops, auditions, and many other interesting bits of information about the theatre world in Cork. There is something for everybody. We hope you find something for you!! If you are interested, keep reading!

Best wishes,

Marcus

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