Redmick
Theatre Company Presents Cock-A-Doodle Dandy by Sean O'Casey, Directed
by David Niman
This
is an important and timely revival of a lyrically rumbustious comedy -
a satire against capitalism and institutional religion. Written and set
in the late 1940s, the play is a damning indictment of the Ireland of
De Valera, while showing all the facets of Sean O'Casey's characteristic
humanity and humour.
Tuesdays to Sundays - 22 March to 17 April
7.30pm (Sundays matinee 3.30pm)
Baron’s Court Theatre,
at, The Curtain’s Up,
28A, Comeragh Road, London, W14 9RH
£10 (£8 Concs)
Tel: 020 8932 4747
Travel: Tube: Baron's Court/West Kensington
Set in a mythical Irish village during a mythical single day Cock-A-Doodle
Dandy, regarded by O’Casey as his best play, hilariously attacks
superstition and the malign, life denying, social domination of religion
– in this case the Catholic church – on the day-to day lives
of ordinary folk. O’Casey described it as ‘An immorality play
in three scenes’ and it is as universally relevant today with the
resurgence of religious intolerance in political and social life. First
performed in the UK in 1949, it was initially regarded as anti-Catholic
and suppressed in Ireland and New York; it was not produced in Ireland
until 1977.
'I am thrilled that a production of Cock-a-Doodle Dandy will be performed.
I look forward to seeing it as it was my father's favourite play' –
Shivaun O'Casey
Tel: 020 8932 4747