On Such As We
by Billy Roche
National Opera House, Wexford
24 November – 2 December 2023
with Garrett Lombard, Maeve Fitzgerald, Daniel Reardon, Patrick Ryan, Ruairí Heading, Honi Cooke, Tadgh Snodgrass
Oweney’s barbershop and the rooms to let above it offer refuge to a host of lonely hearts: a recently laid off hotel night porter, an angry young artist, a troubled orphan girl, a wounded old widower, a likeable bruiser and the beautiful Maeve. All of them in their own various ways fall under Oweney’s loving spell. The unseen villain in the play is PJ, a thuggish developer who is trying to buy up all the town’s family businesses, including Owney’s barber shop in which the play is set.
A heartwarming Christmas play from the author of The Wexford Trilogy and The Cavalcaders.
Director Andrew Flynn Set and Lighting Design Ciaran Bagnall Sound Design Fiona Sheil Costume Design Sara Ben Abdallah
