Fiddler on the Roof

Posted on June 10, 2008

By Eileen Hunt | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)

Director Terri Byrne and cast of Fiddler On The Roof on stage at The Mall Arts Centre

Fiddler on the Roof will open for a 5 night run in the Mall Arts Centre,Youghal from Sunday 15th of June until Thursday 19th of June inclusive. Opening night is sponsors night but there will be a limited number of seats available at the door. Tickets are on sale in Crees Card Shop on the Main Street and cost €12 for adults and €8 for children under 12 years of age.

Brendan McCarthy as Tevye

Youghal Musical Society was formed in 1993 and has produced some of the best known and loved shows to the town. Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Annie, Oliver, The King and I, My Fair Lady, the Magic of the Musicals etc. to name just a few. The Society has grown from strength to strength and this show, Fiddler on the Roof, promises to be the best. The story of Fiddler is charming and the music is simply wonderful. The cast have been rehearsing for some months now and are looking forward to treating our patrons to a show of which we are proud.

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in tsarist Russia in 1905.
Fiddler on the Roof was originally entitled Tevye. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem which he wrote in Yiddish and published in 1894.The story centres on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. He must cope with both the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters-each daughter’s choice of husband moves progressively further away from established customs-and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village.