Four Short Plays

“Class of 57” by Mick Donnellan directed by Caroline Coyle

Ciara goes out running most days, but she's also running away from darker problems at home with her fiance Tom. When she stops at a bench one day, she meets the mysterious Raphael who offers her a chip and so much more.

“Hairdressers' Code” by Julie Johnson directed by Joe Brady

Paula’s customers know they can tell her anything, so will she break Hairdressers’ Code over a little matter like M**der?

“Glacier Bay” by Frederick Stroppel directed by Clive Darling

An elderly couple discuss their past lives at a relative’s confirmation. Connie has to contend with Artie's advancing senility. Her struggle to keep a tight hold on his wandering mind is comically exasperating, but in a sudden revelation she discovers that their life paths are more similar than she suspected.

“The red headed league” by A C Doyle adapted by Cathal Quinn directed by Michelle Kelly

This is a simple adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story, but now set in Dublin at the time of issuing the first Irish currency, Sep 10, 1928, and with a female Holmes, Shelly, not Sherlock, perhaps an Irish niece and the mystery of the red headed league.

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