In a small town that's fast becoming the murder capital of the world, two brothers battle it out over a dead father, an inheritance and a packet of crisps.
Sadistic, dangerous, inflammatory and hilarious. Welcome to The Lonesome West.
The Lonesome West is the third instalment in Martin McDonagh's award-winning Leenane Trilogy. It tells the story of Coleman and Valene Connor, whose dysfunctional co-habitation plays out an hilariously dark vision of the human condition.
In this Americanised musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to present a strip act at a local club after seeing their wives’ enthusiasm for a touring company of Chippendales. One of them, Jerry, declares that their show will be better than the Chippendales dancers because they’ll go “the full monty”—strip all the way.
One of the most exciting musical theatre revues of the year will commence its Irish tour in the National Concert Hall, Dublin on September 9th when ‘Listen To My Heart - The Songs of David Friedman’ is staged at the John Field Room. Five of Ireland’s leading young musical theatre voices will bring the astounding sounds of the acclaimed American composer and arranger to a Dublin audience, before continuing its tour in Kilkenny and Galway later in the month.
KMS welcome back director Christine Scarry after directing last year’s hugely successful award-winning production of “Michael Collins – A Musical Drama”.
