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Mar 22 2022

Town Hall to stage premiere of Mairéad Folan’s Luke

New Galway play will see NoRopes Theatre Company make their debut on the Town Hall Theatre main stage

THE WORLD premiere of Luke, written by Mairéad Folan, directed by Diarmuid de Faoite,and with dramaturgy by Little John Nee, takes place in the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday March 31 to Saturday April 2.

Presented by Galway’s NoRopes Theatre Company, in partnership with the Town Hall and Axis: Ballymun, Luke is a tale of survival, adventure, and love.

Luke (voiced by Barry Hopkins ) and his sidekick Mairéad (Mairéad Folan ) negotiate the perils of the Irish education system, the dance floor, love, and loss. He has always been a guy she could lean on but can their unique bond survive the ultimate challenge? Luke is a comic yet moving play that questions how we perceive ourselves and others.

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