Two Irish brothers celebrate Christmas Eve with poker, booze and truth telling
When Irish friends and hard drinkers gather to ring in the holiday, chances are sparks will fly. And that may be the case with The Seafarer written by Conor McPherson, which opens this Friday at Dobama Theatre. McPherson, whose St. Nicholas is also currently playing in Cleveland Heights at Ensemble Theatre, is a talented weaver of words. He has structured a play in The Seafarer that allows him maximum opportunities to display his character-crafting prowess. Two aging bachelors, Richard Harkin and his brother Sharky, are joined in their shabby home by a couple friends, and they all start swigging whiskey and trading lively banter. But things change when a mysterious stranger shows up and instigates a game of poker with unusually high stakes…
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A theater critic and vampires gather in “St. Nicholas,” opening this Friday
Many people would be hard-pressed to detect any difference between theater critics and vampires (there is one: theater critics sleep in later). That fact may not actually be explored in the one-man show St. Nicholas by Irish playwright Conor McPherson, which opens Friday at Ensemble Theatre. But this play promises an interesting adventure involving an egotistical man and the vampire myth. A jaded theater critic (is there any other kind?) is smitten by a beautiful actress. So he follows her from Dublin to London, where he encounters big-city vampires and other challenges. The themes of love and self-discovery merge in a play that has been called “spellbinding,” “poignant” and “hilarious.” Local actor Dana Hart will perform the solo role, …
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