Both of these short pieces will be performed on the two nights at Bru na Si, Youghal on the 11th and 12th of August. Tickets are €8 and are available from Cree’s Card Shop at 024 93899 or on the door. Refreshments will be served at the interval!
This is a two night only event so book now to avoid disappointment!

Two one act plays will be performed in Youghal this month. The first piece is the well known and much loved ‘First Confession’ by Cork man, the late Frank O’ Connor.
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First Confession was to be recited by Mark O Shaughnessy. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, Mark is unable to perform the part of Jackie in First Confession. The part will now be played by Cork actor Brian Fenton. Brian, 20, trains at the Cork Arts Studio & Montfort College and recently received his Gold Medal in Acting from LAMDA. His recent work in theatre includes Michael Collins (Cork Opera House & Olympia Theatre, Dublin); Maximilian in Candide (Cork Opera House); Jordan in the recent critical sensation I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Cork Arts Theatre & Half Moon); Ulrika’s Servant in The Masked Ball (Cork Opera House & UCH Limerick); Thenardier in Les Miserables (Cork Opera House); David in Anne Frank and Me (Cork Arts Theatre); Dave Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross (Granary); James Joyce in James Joyce: A Dubliner In Cork, Charlie Bates in Oliver! (Everyman). Brian has been awarded numerous bursaries from Feis Maitiu Corcaigh. Aside from acting, Brian recently directed Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train for the Granary Theatre to great critical acclaim. The play subsequently toured to the Millenium Theatre, Limerick, where it received an ISDA award. Radio: Shamey in Series 1 of  ‘The Malleys’  (c103FM), which is to be aired from September 2009. Film: Becoming Jane, Three’s A Crowd; So That’s The Way It Is? Girl in the Golden Dress.

The second piece is the Irish Premiere of ‘Still Life’, written by Danusia Iwaszko and performed by well known Youghal performer Ruth Hayes. Ruth trained with the Montfort College of Performing Arts and received Bronze medal in Acting from LAMDA.  Ruth has appeared on the Youghal stage many times playing such roles as Eliza Doolittle in the Youghal Musical Society’s production of My Fair Lady and most recently appeared as Sarah Brown in Harmony’s production of Guys and Dolls. Other theatre credits include Christina Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa; Sarah in From Here to Broadway. She also appeared alongside Rebecca Storm in Evita(Cork Opera House) and more recently played Corrine in The Country; Granary Theatre and Jean in Tons of Money Cork Arts Theatre Club.

Still Life, was the winner of London’s One Person Play Festival and has been staged in London, Edinburgh and Sydney. It was inspired by seeing a statue on Brixton mainline station of a woman holding a shopping bag. It was also staged with its companion piece Perpetual Motion (about a modern day Sisyphus) at the Etcetera Theatre Camden.

Both of these short pieces will be performed on the two nights at Bru na Si, Youghal on the 11th and 12th of August. Tickets are €8 and are available from Cree’s Card Shop at 024 93899 or on the door. Refreshments will be served at the interval!
This is a two night only event so book now to avoid disappointment!!