Don’t miss the chance to see ‘Margaret’ by the Ballyshannon Drama Society on local stages before the national stage premiere at the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival in May!
The unique political drama is on at An Grianan Theatre Letterkenny today, April 26th and The Abbey Arts Centre Ballyshannon on May 6th.
‘Margaret’ written by Ballybofey playwright Shaun Byrne, follows his highly successful Bloody Sunday themed An Incident with Dave Cotter and last year’s Darkness Echoing.
With Rachel O Connor as Margaret Thatcher, three times British Prime Minister, and Shaun Byrne as the ghost of husband Denis, it is directed by Monica Doherty. The play joins her in the last days of her life in the Ritz Hotel suffering from dementia and explores her troubled relationships: with the Irish, the miners, her children, the public, her male colleagues and the fallout from The Falklands War; as past demons, guilts and successes return to torment, flatter and deceive her.
Rachel O’Connor as Mrs Thatcher. Pic: John Falon.
The play will feature in the finals of the 2024 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Friday 10th May. The competition was launched at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin yesterday. The directors of the Abbey, Mark O’Brien and Carndonagh native Caitríona McLaughlin, have once again lent their support to this celebration of amateur drama.
This is the third play from writer Shaun Byrne to reach the All-Ireland Drama Festival finals.
