Ramor stages McArdle comedy

Livin Dred Theatre Company presents the comedy play 'Heading For Dakota', written by John McArdle and directed by his twin brother, Tommy, with an all-star cast of Donnacha Crowley and Jack Lynch at The Ramor Theatre Virginia. 'Heading for Dakota' will be Livin Dred's sixteenth professional theatre production since its foundation by Mary Hanley, Aaron Monaghan and Padraic McIntyre in 2004. It tells the story of two Cavan farmer brothers, Wellies and Suit, one of whom wants to celebrate Christmas night by going to karaoke while the other has less musical plans for the evening. The play takes them through the year from that Christmas night to the next, from the first Kill football match of the year to the annual general meeting? The resulting comedy is made up of hilarious situations and belly-wrenching one-liners, as the brothers try to dream their way out of reality, while the innate sadness perceived by many to be behind the comic duo is found to be rooted in the painful changes in the society in which they live, a society trying to come to terms, as they are, with the economic, cultural and spiritual complexities of to-day's world. First performed by the McArdle twins on 'The Late Late Show' in the early 1990s 'Heading for Dakota' was an immediate national hit. 'Heading For Dakota' will preview at the Ramor Theatre, Virginia, on Wednesday 1st December and run from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 11th December. Booking on (049) 854 7074.