The Beauty Queen of Leenane

By Martin McDonagh

Directed by Nettie Sheridan

9 to 12 April 2025

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The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a darkly comic drama set in a small, rural Irish village. The story follows Maureen Folan, a woman who has spent her life caring for her manipulative and bitter mother, Mag. Trapped in a stagnant, resentful existence, Maureen dreams of escape and a life beyond her bleak home.

The play explores themes of loneliness, family conflict, and the desperate desire for change ….  Both poignant and unsettling,

The Beauty Queen of Leenane examines the emotional toll of entrapment and the lengths people will go to in pursuit – or prevention – of freedom.

Mag Folan – Debbie Creissen

Maureen Folan – Jacqueline Jordan

Ray Dooley – Jimmy Schofield

Pato Dooley – Guy Steddon

Director/Producer – Nettie Sheridan

Co-Producer – Debbie Creissen

Accent Coach  – Jacqueline Jordan

Stage Manager/DSM – Pete Dilloway

Lighting & Effects Design – Martin Oakley, Nettie Sheridan

Sound Design – Jeff Woodford, Nettie Sheridan

Radio Announcement Recordings – Sam Nixon

Lighting Operation – Martin Oakley, Ben Manning

Sound Operation – Jeff Woodford

Set Designer – Martin Oakley

Workshop Team – David Otway, Ron Lainchbury, Dean Common, Simon Armes, Ray Mason, Joe Eggleston, Liz Slough

Costumes – Milla Hills

Properties/Dresser – Jo Hall

Make up – Chris Horlock

Rehearsal Prompt – Sally Diver

Publicity – Sam Harrington-Lowe, Anita Jones, Frank Horsley, Martin Oakley

Graphics, Programme, Poster Photo – Gary Cook

Promotional Photography – Lynsey Nicol Photography

Director Headshot photography – Miles Davies Photography

Poster Model – Pip Cook