Little Gem - Carlow Town

Wednesday 3rd - Saturday 6th March 2010

Event Location: Visual & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow Town
Event County: Carlow

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Starring leading Irish actresses Hilda Faye, Anita Reeves, and Sarah Greene, this hilarious and touching new play by Elaine Murphy has swept up multiple awards both in Ireland and internationally. It tours to Broadway NY and returns to Ireland to The Abbey Theatre before coming to The GB Shaw Theatre as part of its select national tour in Spring 2010.

Kay's got an itch that Gem can't scratch (but maybe Kermit can).... Lorraine attacks a customer at work and her boss wants her to see a psychiatrist.... Amber has fierce bad indigestion and the Sambucas aren't getting rid of it. And then there's Paul, who is just using Amber until he can get to Australia.... and there's the hairy man who fancies Lorraine but fails to rise to the occasion.... and Gem, who doesn't like the neighbours coming in to 'mind' him.
If all that wasn't bad enough, Little Gem makes his presence felt and life is never the same again.

Nominated for numerous awards, this remarkable play has won the Fishamble Award for Best New Irish Play and The Best Female Performance at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2008, swiftly followed by The BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award (The Stewart Parker Trust) 2009, and the highly coveted and prestigious Carol Tambor Best of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival Award 2009, as well as the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Award for Best Theatre Script 2009. The production was also nominated for Best New Play and Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and for Best Actress in The Stage Awards, Edinburgh.

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Contact Phone No: 0599172400
Contact Email Address: hwilliams@gbshawtheatre.ie