The Importance of Being Earnest – Cork Arts Theatre
March 5th, 2007 by Frank
UPDATE!
I can now share with you this clip of the show that myself and Angela Newman performed live on 96fm on Sunday morning – the quality isn’t the best as it was grabbed from the radio broadcast, but I’m sure you’ll get the idea!
As it happens, it is the audio for the scene depicted above… click on the play button below to listen!
Chattyboo productions presents Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, at the Cork Arts Theatre, Cork, Ireland (I seem to be on a roll with Theatre-related posts at the moment).
I mentioned this already, due to the fact that I am in it myself, sporting a wonderful moustache which is worth the ticket price to see in itself (moustache not pictured – you have to buy a ticket to see it).
Directed by Tony Canniffe, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ has a great cast, it’s been a real pleasure working with them all… here is the cast list (in order of appearance) – Corkonians will no doubt recognise several of the names:
Lane – Alf McCarthy
Algernon Moncrieff – Ian McGuirk
John Worthington JP – Frank Prendergast (me!)
Lady Bracknell – Aine O’Leary
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax – Angela Newman
Cecily Cardew – Roisin Donovan
Miss Prism – Mary Canniffe
Merriman – Charlie Ruxton
Rev. Canon Chasuble, DD – Jim Queally
If you haven’t been to the Cork Arts Theatre – also known as ‘the CAT Club’, it has been fairly recently completely revamped. There’s a map available on their site.
If you’re wondering about the production company name, Chattyboo, it’s a piece of Cork slang which I had never heard of – but it’s in the official Cork slang dictionary. It means ‘Whatchamacallit’.
The show runs all this week until Saturday the 10th of March (2007!).
Tickets are €17.50 & €15
Wednesday is 2 for 1 night
Group concessions available I think it’s €10 euro a head for groups of over 10 people.
Show starts 8pm.
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March 5th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I can vouch for the value of the moustache!
I presume it starts at 8?
March 5th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I heard from several reliable sources that your performance was excellent, and that the show is highly entertaining. So I’m looking forwad to seeing it myself and your moustache of course.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:54 am
yup yup – 8pm – added to the post now, thanks Eoin!
March 6th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Nice one Frank…I enjoyed the clip…didn’t even miss the moustache..
March 6th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Thank you for leaving this audio clip… just to make me more frustrated because I can’t see the play… and your moustache…
March 6th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
I didn’t know you were a thesp? Any plans for this to tour at all?
Pity you didn’t make the Blog Awards, there was a bit of a tache-tastic theme going on, you’d have fit right in.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I’ve just been to see the play and Frank, you were fabulous, I loved every minute of it. I’d forgotten how brilliantly funny Oscar Wilde is and the comedy was really brought to life in your performance. The moustache is a work of art! Bravo.. bravo. Congratulations.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Thanks Janie!
Sinéad – no plans to tour I’m afraid…
Hopefully I’ll get a pic of the tache up before the end of the run!