20:00pm Fri 25TH Mar – Sat 26 Mar, Theatre at Garter Lane
Following rave reviews the run of Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye comes to an end this weekend in Garter Lane. Set in a provincial newspaper office in the Irish Midlands in the run up to Easter 2016, the privately owned Inishshannon Chronicle has just been acquired by a media conglomerate and the new brush is about to sweep clean. As the newspaper’s staff adjust to radical changes in its structure and ethos, the town it serves prepares to celebrate a tenuous connection to the Easter Rising. The revelation that this connection is not quite what it seems puts the Chronicle’s editor on a collision course with both his new bosses and the local business and political community. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye is a topical and provocative contribution to the forthcoming Easter Rising Centenary Commemoration
Offering complimentary Gin & Tonic from Blackwater Distillery and a post-show discussion with Jim for Good Fridays performance (Friday 25th March).
“A richly layered drama to be stored in the memory and revisited time and again to retrieve its subtle wisdom.” (The Salvage Shop) Irish Times
“Hugely courageous… a deeply serious work of soul-raking big-stage literature.” (Blackwater Angel) The Guardian
“A stunningly beautiful, deeply uplifting play” (Brighton) Arena, RTE Radio One
“Enormously courageous…A reminder of a shameful era and mindset in our country, by those of every political allegiance.” (Dreamland) Sunday Independent
Details of Dates and Times: All at 20:00pm: 04/05/06/08/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25 and 26th of March 2016
Tickets: €22.50
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