A GREAT SUCCESS - INSIGHTFUL, POIGNANT AND FUNNY
Shopping in Chains
Armagh Theatre Group Presents
Brenda Mc Sweeney in
A One Woman Show
Friday & Saturday
2nd & 3rd March 2012 at 8pm
The Abbey Lane Theatre
Smash Hit of the Dalkey Festival!
In 2009, David McWilliams was encouraging local communities to empower themselves in times of recession. In 2011, Shay Linehan wrote Shopping In Chains, to tell the story of Alice Devine - a hard woman to keep down!
Meet the Author
Shay Linehan will engage the audience in discussion after the show.
‘I emigrated during the recession of the 1980s, and returned to Ireland just in time for this one. You have to say it: timing is everything!’ – Shay Linehan, Author (shaylinehan@hotmail.com) YouTube “Shopping in Chains”
Shay Linehan has had four plays produced by RTE and twice won PJ O’Connor awards. His work has played to audiences in a dozen countries. His play The Cant won the Inaugral McGuire International Prize in the United States in 2010 and was produced in America to critical acclaim:
‘Linehan’s characters are intricately written and breathtakingly played’ (Rocket Publications)
‘Succeeds as a compelling stage piece with several performances which will likely be among the best you will see in this, or in any, season. Shay Linehan, is a very talented writer’ (Buffalo Rising)
Shay is presently Playwright in Residence with The Irish Classical Theatre Company in Buffalo, New York.
