Mountmellick Macra are holding a fundraiser 3 Act Comedy drama on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19.
The drama takes place at 8:15pm both nights with all proceeds going to the Mountmellick Parish Debt Campaign and Mountmellick Macra.
The cast have been busy rehearsing and getting used to the set in the last few weeks before they tell the story of ‘Fortunes and Misfortunes’.
The story is a comedy set in the Cosy Cafe.
Daisy Fortune, played by Gemma Dunphy is a hard working waitress hoping for a big lotto win and she has a good-for-nothing son, Nathan who has big ideas.
Bill Delaney, played by Gary Peake is the local national school principal who spends his days in the cafe unsuccessfully avoiding the local parents – one of which has taken a great shine to him.
The story unfolds with Bill trying to keep flirtatious Wanda(Aoife Fitzpatrick) a secret from his wife, Oonagh (Rosemary Whelan) as Oonagh tries to do a bit of social climbing in the community by hosting a writers workshop for aspiring poets.
Throw in a loose lizard in the cafe and a disastrous poetry workshop at the Delaney’s house and you’ve got a comedy that’s sure to leave the audience in stitches and the cast trying to hold it altogether!
Tickets are €10 and available at the Parish Office, O’Gormans Newsagents or on the door on the night.
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