Corofin Dramatic Society
present


Contradictions
(Open)

by Neil Haran

Friday,

7 November 2025
7.30 p.m. Start of Evening

(Length of Play: 40 Minutes)


Important: Please note: no food or drink will be allowed in the theatre during any performance, as this is a competition.



The Play

When an ambitious reporter enters a maximum-security prison to interview a powerful drug lord, he expects to expose corruption and crime from a safe moral distance. Instead, the conversation twists into a confrontation, as the prisoner gradually reveals that the reporter himself is a customer of the very cartel he seeks to condemn. What begins as an exposé becomes a dangerous unmasking, where privilege, hypocrisy, and society’s double standards collide. The play holds a mirror up to both journalist and audience, asking: who truly sustains the world we claim to oppose?


The Cast

Anthony

David Hanley

Dave/Shakespeare

Alan Maguire

Séamie

Alfie Egan


Crew

Director

Neil Haran

Stage Manager

Mary O'Donohue

Set

Neil Haran
John Clancy

Sound

Clare Foley

Lights

John Clancy



The Group

Drama has long been woven into the fabric of life in Corofin. While records from the 1940s show a burst of activity, productions were taking place well before then, bringing community theatre to Corofin and the wider North Clare area. From its earliest days, the Society has competed in both one-act and three-act All-Ireland festival circuits, winning two One-act Confined All Ireland’s (1993 and 2011) and one full length Confined All-Ireland (2008). The Society is proud to champion the work of local writers, and this evening we are delighted to present a play by our own member, Neil Haran.