dONEGAL
Written by Frank McGuinness Music by Kevin Doherty
Directed by Conall Morrison
Associate Director: Conor Bagley
Starring John Kavanagh, Frank Laverty, Deirdre Donnelly, Eleanor Methven, Keith McErlean, Ruth McGill, Killian Donnelly, Megan Riordan
Performed at the Abbey Theatre
Photograph by © Peter Rowen 2016
Photograph by © Peter Rowen 2016
Photograph by © Peter Rowen 2016
Photograph by © Peter Rowen 2016
Photograph by © Peter Rowen 2016
“There are pleasures here, in particular Kevin Doherty’s music and a cast of seasoned musical theatre performers who reveal unexpected depths to their characters every time they sing.... The songs are always used in interesting ways, not to move the action along but to highlight what is hidden, and express what will never be said, rather like a code. Sometimes it feels as if the entire play is a code for Ireland itself.”
—Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“McGuinness has created nine vividly drawn characters that will live long in the memory in spite of, or maybe because of the fact none of them are particularly likable.”
“Donegal isn’t a musical, it’s “a play with songs”. Quite good and catchy ones, too.”