Drama On One

Sharon is not a happy child! On the contrary she is a young girl obsessed with the predictions of Nostradamus, the third secret of Fatima and the end of the World! She is worried that she doesn’t have a future, has no talent and falls under every radar. This all changes however when she meets Frank.
Frank her button accordion changes Sharon’s life, goes everywhere with her, is the talk of the town and gives her a ‘funny feeling in her tummy’ that she thinks may be self esteem. But as all the great love songs say, ‘nothing lasts forever’ and as catastrophe after catastrophe follows Sharon the only explanation is that it’s all Frank’s fault.
Featuring Joe Taylor & Sue Collins
With special thanks to Musician Peter Browne,
& to Fiona Rigney
Sound Supervision was by Mark Dwyer
Written & Performed by Sharon Mannion
Directed by Gorretti Slavin
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The Last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty

The Last, High King of Ireland tells the story of a day in the life of a hard-drinking man who has bestowed upon himself the title The Last, High King of Ireland. We follow the 'High King’ or ‘Tapper’ as he is better known to the locals, on his daily travels from morning to night in the fictional town of Molinheer.
The High King’s world is full of myth, mirth, and magic. The play is a snippet of the life of a forgotten man on the fringes of society, and those who he encounters.
Pat Kinevane Plays Tapper (The Last, High King of Ireland)
Joe Taylor played the part of Maloney
John D Ruddy was McCann
Sharon Mannion was Lisa of the Tithe.
The Tailor was played by Enda Oates
Dawn Bradfield was Lady of the Spuds
Bab the Barwoman was Noni Stapleton
Ellie Brosnan - Corkery played the child
All other parts were played by the company
Harpist Geraldine Doherty arranged and performed the music
Sound design and sound supervision was by Damian Chennells
The Last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty was directed by Gorretti Slavin

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Marie, a single mother in the dormitory suburbs, hides her unhappiness behind harsh humour; but the tedious, elderly neighbours she dismisses turn out to be hiding from harm themselves in their own shuttered bungalow.
Kathy Rose O'Brien played Marie
Pat Laffan ... Jim
Áine Ní Mhuirí was Mavis
and Ellie Sullivan made her début as little Laura.
Sound supervision was by Richard McCullough
Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan was produced by Aidan Mathews.
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Charolais a surreal comedy about love, longing and one woman’s intense rivalry with a Charolais heifer. This is a muddy place of simmering desire minced with a loneliness that cuts to the bone. Noni Stapleton who wrote the piece, plays both the protagonist Siobhan and her love rival the cow.
Siobhan is a woman who is very alone in the world. She wants to change that but the way she goes about doing so is off beat to say the least! She is looking for love and very determined but there are obstacles to her achieving that sense of belonging she craves. One of which happens to be a terribly beautiful Charolais Heifer, who appears to be vying for the affections of Siobhan’s fella.
There are bumps in the road including a pass remarkable mother in law played by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and a less than committed lover in the form of Jimmy, a farmer played by Enda Oates.
Siobhan's method of getting rid of any perceived threat to her idea of happy families is very unusual. There is plenty of room for dark humour, and a little gothic horror here.
Sound Supervision was by Damien Chennells
Directed by Gorretti Slavin
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Sound recordist Chris Watson teams up with Writer/Presenter Luke Clancy, Composer Irene Buckley and Actor Kathy Rose O’Brien to journey across an atlas of remote islands.
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