Titchfield Festival Theatre - "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh

Set in a claustrophobic, hilltop cottage in a remote part of Galway in 1989, The Beauty Queen of Leenane is an award winning first play by Martin McDonagh. It’s about entrapment and emigration in the pre-Tiger economy of the far west of Ireland. “The Beauty Queen” herself is a forty year old virgin, Maureen, trapped into taking care of her aging mother, Mag. The play is a black comedy with dire consequences in which the mother and daughter constantly battle and manipulate one another’s lives in a seriously dysfunctional relationship. Maureen is offered a brief respite from the drudgery of caring for Mag and the chance of a relationship with Pato, a local man who is also trapped, working away from home on dangerous building sites in London. His younger brother Ray, trapped in a mundane world of Australian soap operas, is feckless and work shy. He acts as a reluctant messenger for Pato as the doomed relationship with Maureen first develops and is then cruelly snatched from her.

Performances all at St Margaret’s Arts, St Margaret’s Lane, PO14 4BG.

All shows start at 7.30pm

Tickets available online or via our box office on 01329 556156
Monday to Thursday - £9.00
Friday and Saturday - £11.00
Discounts: £1 off full price for Student card, Senior Citizens, Unemployed, Under 16’s.
Parties of 4+ £1.00 per ticket discount.
Book for 2 shows or more and receive a further £1.00 per ticket discount.
Special rates for school parties of 10 or over

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Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Repeats: Every Day until Saturday, March 26, 2011