Newtownstewart Theatre Company
present
The Remains of Maisie Duggan
by Carmel Winters
Thursday,
6 March 2024
8.00 p.m.
Confined
Important: The theatre doors will close strictly at 8.00!
Please be seated by 7.50.
(Please note: no food or drink will be allowed in the theatre during any performance, as this is a competition.)
The Play
"Now I'm dead, there'll be changes. I won't keep rolling over. I won't wag my tail at every insult and injury!"
Kathleen Duggan has rushed home to Ireland upon hearing that her mother Maisie has died. Only when she gets back to the house, she finds that her mother is alive and well. Almost.
However, after a routine car accident, Maisie believes that she is now dead and wandering mourned the homestead, awaiting her funeral.
Still able to talk to her childish adult son and her violent, temperamental husband, she will no longer be silenced by the mail-dominated, pugnacious atmosphere that has kept her quiet all these years. So when Kathleen comes back for the 'funeral' Maisie expects to find her final resting place, safe from the threat of domestic violence once and for all.
Kathleen Duggan has rushed home to Ireland upon hearing that her mother Maisie has died. Only when she gets back to the house, she finds that her mother is alive and well. Almost.
However, after a routine car accident, Maisie believes that she is now dead and wandering mourned the homestead, awaiting her funeral.
Still able to talk to her childish adult son and her violent, temperamental husband, she will no longer be silenced by the mail-dominated, pugnacious atmosphere that has kept her quiet all these years. So when Kathleen comes back for the 'funeral' Maisie expects to find her final resting place, safe from the threat of domestic violence once and for all.
The Cast
Tadhg
Fintan Gallagher
Kathleen
Joanne O'Doherty
Himself
Fintan Gallagher
Maisie Duggan
Briege McSorley
Crew
Director
Fintan Gallagher
Co-Director
Benny Holland
Lighting
Benny Holland
Sound
Nikita McConomy
Set Design
Fintan Gallagher
Make-up
Cast and Crew
Set Construction
Mickey Hood
Fintan Gallagher
Benny Holland
Corin Kelly Herron
Ben Kelly
Chris Jones
Fintan Gallagher
Benny Holland
Corin Kelly Herron
Ben Kelly
Chris Jones
Backstage Team
Clare Kelly
Try Conlon
Lucy Carlin
Saoirse Kelly
Leanne McGillion
Ciara Smith
Maria Harkin
Ethna Nicholas
Demi-leigh Bratton
Mia Harkin
Try Conlon
Lucy Carlin
Saoirse Kelly
Leanne McGillion
Ciara Smith
Maria Harkin
Ethna Nicholas
Demi-leigh Bratton
Mia Harkin
The Group
Newtownstewart Theatre Company have currently been on the circuit for the past few years. We have performed plays such as The Factory Girls, Tea in a China Cup, The Hen Night Epiphany, Meeting at Menin Gate, Sive, Shoot the Crow and last year The New Electric Ballroom. We have been frequent visitors to the All-Ireland Confined Finals over the years and we are looking forward to the 2025 festival circuit.