THE MATCHMAKER

The Gaiety Theatre presents The Matchmaker by John B. Keane for six performances only from 09 to 14 November, 2015. Tickets from €25 including booking fee are on sale now.

The production stars television favourite Mary McEvoy, known for her role as Biddy in the long running RTE TV series Glenroe. Irish actor and comedian Jon Kenny who was part of the Irish comic duo D’Unbelievables with Pat Shortt joins Mary to complete the cast. Kenny is best known outside Ireland for appearing in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. Together they play a myriad of characters in this hilarious and earthy dramatic comedy.

The play follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O’Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn.

Keane was an avid observer of people and the cultures that bind and create their view of the world. He uses “The Matchmaker” as an exploration of rural loneliness, aware that generations of people became masters of their own destinies late in life and only then begin to look for companionship and love once their duties as minder of ageing parents were concluded.

Using his inimitable way with words and his sense of “devilment” and wit, Keane delves into the longings, hungers, fears and foibles of this collection of lonely county people. He creates a marvellously colourful world taking us back to a simpler time when phones were few and far between and the only web was one left behind by spiders.

“I saw it, laughed, cried, loved it and went again”

The Guardian

“Thoroughly entertaining” 

Theatre Guide, London

“Kenny delivers his colourful rogues' gallery with hilarious comic precision”

What’s On Stage UK

“Keane uses the lyrical, colourful language of his part of the world the way a painter uses the palette” 

New York Times

 

Tickets from €25 (including booking fee) are on sale now from:

The Gaiety Theatre Box Office South King Street, Dublin 2.

Tel: 0818 719388, 10 am – 7 pm / Mon – Sat 24hr 

Gaiety Theatre Booking Tel: 08 18 719 388

From Ticketmaster outlets nationwide 

www.ticketmaster.ie