KATE O’TOOLE, daughter of the legendary actor Peter O’Toole, will be coming to Galway in August to narrate a special live performance of The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical.
The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical, adapted from JM Synge’s 1907 play by Diarmuid de Faoite and Justin McCarthy, will be performed in Coole Park, south Galway, on Friday August 27 and Saturday 28.
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This mischievous, musical adaptation of Synge's classic will be being presented outdoors, under canvas. It is set in a radio studio in 1959 during a live broadcast, with the cast, dubbed the Atlantic Broadcasting Corporation, playing actors performing The Playboy... as a radio play.
Joining Kate O’Toole will be Aine Ní Droighnean, Eilis McCarthy, Eoin Ó Dubhghaill, Daniel Guinanne, Fia Rua, Fred McCloskey, Helen Gregg, Muireann Ní Reaghaillaigh, Philip Sweeney.
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The live band for the performances will be The Stooks - Charlie Fowler, Cormac Dunne, Jimmy Fitz and Justin McCarthy (who also composed the music for the show ). There will also be two foley artists with vintage-style sound effects including half doors, jugs of water, and a manual wind-up wind machine.
The show is directed by Hillary Kavanagh. Tickets cost €25 and are available from www.playboythemusical.ie
