Croft Productions presents...
Money from America
Written by Tom O'Brien directed by John Dunne
Old Red Lion
418 St John Street, Islington EC1 4NJ
5th to 30th August @ 7.30 (Sundays @ 4pm)
(No shows on Mondays)
Tickets @ £12 (£10 concessions Tue-Thu only). www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk
Tel: 0207 833 3053/0207 833 9818
Money from America centres round the return of Jack Carey to his Irish home farm from America. Having subsidised his brother Lardy over the years with money from America, Jack has returned to stake his rightful claim on the farm as elder brother. However, Lardy proves less than willing to give way to change, having lived a solitary life of poitin-making with only Molly the pig farmer for company.
When Jack's fiancée Phyllis arrives from Dublin to set things right tempers flare and secrets are spilled. Jack is subsequently found murdered after a heavy drinking session with Lardy, and the police are determined to prove that Lardy is the culprit. It turns out to be not as simple as that, however.
Writer Tom O'Brien and director John Dunne have produced a number of successful Irish plays over the past few years including Johnjo, Behan's Women and last years' On Raglan Road at the Old Red Lion, a show which garnered excellent reviews all round and is now to embark on an 18-date tour across Ireland including a week at the prestigious New Theatre in Dublin.
"O'Brien's script engages passionately with its subject. (Camden New Journal) "I strongly recommend that you take yourself along to the Old Red Lion for an hour or so of excellent company." (ExtraExtra.org)
For further information contact John Dunne on 0207 226 0524 or email John@croftproductions.com or visit www.croftproductions.com.
Phone: 020 7226 0524
Mobile: 0771 359
6436
web: www.john-dunne.com