Belles of Dublin returns for 4th engagement
at
The Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse,
home of BCKSEET Productions
A Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day tradition!
What: Belles of Dublin
Who: Polly MacIntyre, Kim Robson, and Evangeline Williams
Where: 507 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(between Lombard & South streets)
When:
Wednesday March 17, 2010 - 8 pm
Thursday March 18, 2010 – 8 pm
Friday March 19, 2010 – 8 pm
Saturday March 20, 2010 – 8pm
Sunday March 21, 2010 – 3pm
Tickets: Tickets are $20.00 and include 1 free drink. 215-923-0210 or www.societyhillplayhouse.org
About: Belles of Dublin interlaces stories of coming of age and illicit love affairs gone wrong with traditional Irish music featuring vocals, flute, and Celtic harp.
According to Tim Treanor of DC Theatre Scene, “The stories are carved and scoured with language like a cascade of diamonds. It is not simply MacIntyre’s brogue which identifies the pieces as Irish. They radiate the sort of liquid cynicism which has marked the Irish literary voice from Swift through Frank McCourt. The protagonist tells her story from the point of view of love, and the opportunity for love, long past. This could be depressing, but MacIntyre makes it sound rueful, wistful, and, with surprising frequency, funny. That’s in large part because she excerpts her content from the writing of the fine, if underappreciated, Irish writer Edna O’Brien. I do not know what O’Brien would sound like reading her stories, but if she doesn’t sound like MacIntyre, I bet she wishes she did.”
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