The Lonesome West
The Lonesome West is the third play in Martin McDonagh’s Leenane trilogy – the other two being The Beauty Queen of Leenane & A Skull in Connemara.
The play is set in the Connemara village of Leenane during the 1990’s where two brothers Valene & Coleman Connor are constantly having violent disputes over the most mundane & innocent of topics. The play opens with the brothers returning from their father’s funeral and the black humour is apparent straight away in that they could be returning from a wedding – there is no sense of loss on the death of their Father, as the conversation turns to the après funeral booze-up and vol-au-vents. This play is a comedy – the blackest of black comedies and you find yourself laughing at the most appalling situations
Fr. Welsh the local priest attempts to reconcile the brothers before their violent disputes erupt into vicious & bloody carnage. But he is constantly having crisis of faith & is so ineffectual that in his own words his parish becomes “The murder capital of fecking Europe”. He consoles himself with whiskey because he thinks that “God has no jurisdiction in this Town”.
Girleen is the school girl who sells her Dad’s poteen to the brothers and her character provides the play with moments of love & loss and hope for the future.
DIRECTED by GERALDINE GREENE
Cast
Valene Jackie Scanlan
Colemen Hugh Gallagher
Fr. Welsh Joe Varden
Girleen Ailbhe McMahon
Lonesome West raises money for NBCRI
Ennis Players Help Raise Almost €7,000 for NCBRI
Ennis Players have a long tradition of supporting worth-while charities by donating the proceeds of performances to a nominated charity. This year’s chosen charity is the National Breast Cancer Research Institute and in conjunction with generous sponsorship by the Old Ground Hotel, almost €7,000 from the April 3rd performance were donated to NBCRI.
The NBCRI is a voluntary based charity located at the Clinical Science Institute, UCH Galway. Launched in 1991, the key objective of the Institute is to conduct relevant, ethical research into the biology of breast cancer, to determine the cause of the disease and improve the treatment for patients. The National Breast Cancer Research Institute also works to raise awareness of breast cancer and fundraises to provide improved breast cancer services for women throughout Ireland.
Ennis Players are delighted to support this excellent charity and would like to thank our audiences for their generosity in these difficult times; we also thank the management of glór for facilitating this fundraiser. Over the past decade Ennis Players have been instrumental in fundraising over €40,000 for local, national & international charities and we are very proud of our record in this regard. We appreciate how fortunate we are to receive great support from local businesses, local media and audiences and are therefore always delighted to give something back to the community.
Lonesome West in glór
Ennis Players’ production of Martin McDonagh’s hilariously black comedy The Lonesome West returns to glór for a two night run on April 3rd & 4th at 8pm. The Lonesome West is the third play in Martin McDonagh’s Leenane trilogy – the other two being The Beauty Queen of Leenane & A Skull in Connemara.
The play is set in the Connemara village of Leenane during the 1990’s where two brothers Valene & Coleman Connor are constantly having violent disputes over the most mundane & innocent of topics. The play opens with the brothers returning from their father’s funeral and the black humour is apparent straight away in that they could be returning from a wedding – there is no sense of loss on the death of their Father, as the conversation turns to the après funeral booze-up and vol-au-vents. This play is a comedy – the blackest of black comedies and you find yourself laughing at the most appalling situations
Fr. Welsh the local priest attempts to reconcile the brothers before their violent disputes erupt into vicious & bloody carnage. But he is constantly having crisis of faith & is so ineffectual that in his own words his parish becomes “The murder capital of fecking Europe”. He consoles himself with whiskey because he thinks that “God has no jurisdiction in this Town”.
Girleen is the school girl who sells her Dad’s poteen to the brothers and her character provides the play with moments of love & loss and hope for the future.
Tickets €15, are available from glór Box Office 065 68 43103
