Phoenix Players
present


The Dumb Waiter
(Confined)

by Harold Pinter

Friday,

7 November 2025
7.30 p.m. Start of Evening

(Length of Play: 50 Minutes)


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



The Play

In Harold Pinter’s darkly comic one-act play, two hitmen, Ben and Gus, wait in a windowless basement for their next assignment. As the tension builds, mysterious food orders arrive via a dumb waiter, unsettling the pair and forcing them to confront their roles in a larger, unseen system. A masterclass in menace and absurdity, The Dumb Waiter explores power, loyalty, and the unnerving silences between words.


The Cast

Ben

Frank Brennan

Gus

Roger D. McCarrick


Crew

Director

Mary Barry Leonard

Stage Manager

Lorraine Fitzgerald

Lighting

Eoin Gallagher

Sound

Pauric Gillespie

Set Design / Construction

Peter Molloy
John Powell
Jim McIlhenny
Joan Gallagher
Maura Quinn
Adrienne Lonergan

Costume

Catriona Coleman

Stage Crew

John James Maye
Jimmy Coleman
Matthew Leonard
Charlie Flynn
Evan Flynn
Keith Brennan




The Group

The Phoenix Players are an active drama group from Tubbercurry in South Sligo, the spiritual home of the Amateur Drama movement, and are one of the oldest Amateur Drama Groups in the country, having being formed in 1945. This year marks a very special year for the Phoenix Players as they celebrate their 80th year. They have partaken in Drama Festivals since their foundation, and were winners of the 2021 All-Ireland One-Act (Confined) Finals in Ennis. In addition, they regularly perform musicals, pantomimes, and large scale local productions featuring large local casts of young and old alike, at their home theatre, St Brigid's Hall, Tubbercurry.