Pomeroy Players
present


Dancing at Lughnasa

by Brian Friel

Sunday,

1 March 2026

8.00 p.m.

Confined




Important: The theatre doors will close strictly at 8.00!
Please be seated by 7.50.

(Please note: no food or drink will be allowed in the theatre during any performance, as this is a competition.)



The Play

Five unmarried Mundy sisters live in rural Ireland in 1936, their fragile world shaped by poverty, tradition, and faith. Their quiet routine is disrupted by two returning figures: their priest brother, Jack, newly home from Africa, and Gerry Evans, the charming but unreliable father of Michael, the sisters’ nephew. Set against the backdrop of the pagan harvest festival of Lughnasa, the story is narrated by the adult Michael, who looks back on a poignant and transformative summer that changed their lives forever.


The Cast

Kate

Majella McCallan

Maggie

Shauna Gourley

Rose

Dervla Kelly

Agnes

Ann Begley

Chris

Sarah Nugent

Gerry

Peter Hughes

Michael

Sean Hurson

Fr. Jack

Kieran Begley


Crew

Director

John Goodfellow

Set Design

John Goodfellow

Set Construction

Declan Callan
Marty Kelly
Seamus Corrigan
Plunkett Nugent
Kieran Begley

Sound

Sarah Nugent

Lighting

Justin Doherty
Eddie Fitzpatrick

Stage Crew

Eilis Kelly
Mary Doyle
Ann Goodfellow
Ann Begley



The Group

Pomeroy Players are 41 years in existence. Over the last number of years, the groups repertoire has included classics such as Playboy of the Western World and Juno and the Paycock’ The company have enjoyed much success on the festival circuit. The most noteworthy performances are Philadelphia Here I Come, See How They Run, Pools Paradise, @A View from the Bridge and Tarry Flynn.