At The Black Pigs Dyke 1992

At the Black Pigs Dyke

By Vincent Woods
Directed by Maelíosa Stafford

Set on the border between Leitrim and Fermanagh, this tragic love story weaves together past and present through the tradition of mumming and storytelling accompanied by toe-tapping dance and live music from fiddle, accordian and bodhran. This play tells a story that would break your heart while touching your comic nerve.

a remarkable mix of passion, despair
The Irish Times, October 1992
mystical victory from Druid
The Sunday Press, 4 October 1992
a rich and densely layered mosaic of folk memory and myth, set in a time and place that is eternal and unchanging, as cycles of murder and revenge, actual and enacted endlessly repeat
The Sunday Tribune, 4 October 1992
stunning new play…spell-binding…savagely funny
Connacht Tribune

Credits

Cast

  • Lizzie Boles Stella McCusker
  • Young-Lizzie/Sarah Boles/Elizabeth Diane O’Kelly
  • Jack Boles/1st hero in Mummers Play Brendan Laird
  • Hugh Brolly/2nd hero in Mummers Play David Wilmot
  • Michael Flynn/Captain Mummers Play Ray McBride
  • Frank Beirne/Doctor in Mummes Play Peter Gowen
  • Tom Fool Frankie McCafferty
  • Miss Funny Deirdre O’Kane
  • Beelzebub/Musician Brendan O’Regan
  • Butcher/Musician Cora Smyth

Creative Team

  • Director Maelíosa Stafford
  • Design Monica Frawley
  • Lighting Design Stephen McManus
  • Costume Design Monica Frawley
  • Music Brendan O’Regan
  • Choreography Ray McBride

Production Team

  • Production Manager Tony Killeen
  • Stage Director Moya McHugh
  • Stage Manager Bernie Walsh
  • Assistant Stage Manager Angela Duffy
  • Technician/ Operator Eamonn Fox
  • Shannon Light
  • Anthony Courtney
  • Set Construction Alan Clarke
  • Assisted by Frank Gleeson
  • Wardrobe Monica Ennis
  • Assisted by Helen Lane
  • Orfhlaith Stafford
  • Crew John O’Grady
  • Bernie Walsh
  • Alan Clarke
  • Frank Gleeson
  • Anthony Courteney
  • Shannon Light
  • Masks Construction Áine Philips
  • Scenic Artist Ned McLoughlin
  • Photography Amelia Stein
  • Poster Design Catherine McConville
  • Assistant to Designer Matthew Deely
  • Advertising Mary McPartlan
  • Rose Parkinson
  • Box Office Ann O’Dea
  • Front of House Yvonne Barrett
  • Linda Barrett
  • Ethel Burke
  • Cornelia Murphy
  • Denise Stafford
  • Orfhlaith Stafford
  • Script Editor Martin Drury
  • Artistic Director Maelíosa Stafford
  • General Manager Jane Daly
  • Administrator Anne Butler

Dates & Tickets

Galway Druid Lane Theatre, Chapel Lane 30 September - 17 October 1992

Armagh St. Patrick’s Hall 20 October 1992

Coleraine Riverside Theatre 21 - 22 October 1992

Enniskillen Ardhowen Theatre 23 - 24 October 1992

Ballyshannon Abbey Centre 26 - 27 October 1992

Leitrim Ballinamore Community Centre 29 October 1992

Cavan Shercock Town Hall 31 October 1992

Belfast Civic Arts Centre 2 - 7 November 1992

Meath Trim Town Hall 9 November 1992

Mayo Kiltimagh Town Hall Theatre 11 November 1992

Glenamaddy Community Centre 12 November 1992

Nenagh St. Mary’s Secondary School 14 November 1992

Clare Holy Family Senior School, Ennis 16 November 1992

Offaly Tullamore GAA Hall 17 November 1992

Callan St. Brigid’s Hall 19 November 1992

Wexford Theatre Royal 21 November 1992

Ballyduff St. Michael’s Hall 23 November 1992

Cork Skibereen Town Hall 25 November 1992

Kerry Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 26 - 28 November 1992