Ad Personam Cultural Events LTD and Gary Lydon Productions
Internationally acclaimed playwright and author Billy Roche (Handful Of Stars, Poor Beast In The Rain, Belfry) and renowned Irish Actor Gary Lydon (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Guard, Calvary, Brooklyn, War Horse, The Clinic) continue their 40-year creative alliance to present OF MORNINGTON; a raw, unsentimental drama set in a rundown café where three lost souls collide, revealing broken dreams, quiet devastation, and the myths we cling to when the applause is gone.
In its first professional production, OF MORNINGTON is set in a rundown, small-town café run by the emotionally wounded young waitress Shauna. Former world champion snooker player Phil Athens and his magic cue now live in the apartment above. Licking his wounds, both physical and emotional, Phil yearns to return to his former glory. Enter Mike, the young ne’er-do-well, snooker player wannabe, who drifts into the café looking for something he can’t find. The three lost souls collide, revealing broken dreams, quiet devastation, and the myths we cling to when the applause is gone.
Warnings: Small amount of violence
WRITTEN BY Billy Roche
DIRECTED BY Peter McCamley
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Cian Redmond
SET DESIGN BY Mark Redmond
COSTUME DESIGN BY Aileen McCamley
SOUND DESIGN BY Terry Byrne
STAGE MANAGER Carol Stacey
COMMUNICATIONS Elizabeth Rose Browne
PHOTOGRAPHY Sasha Bratkova
CAST
Gary Lydon as Phil
James Doherty O’Brien as Mike
Siofa O’Meara as Shauna
TICKETS €23 | €21 (student/OAP/unemployed)
RUNNING TIME 1 hr 25 mins with 15 min interval
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Ad Personam Cultural Events Ltd is a Wexford-based arts organisation co-founded by theatre director, producers, and educators Peter McCamley and Aileen McCamley. The company creates and produces high-quality theatre, music, and interdisciplinary cultural events that combine professional artistic practice with strong community engagement.
Ad Personam’s work includes the Castle-Lake Arts Festival (2021), theatre productions such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2021) and By Billy Roche (2022), the short film Sequah by Billy Roche (2023), and the ongoing Christmas by Candlelight series. The company has also produced large-scale public and community events including BarnFest at St Mary’s GAA (2022), Bealtaine Festival Wexford (2023–2024), Murrintown Christmas Festival and Specials (2021–2025), and Filling the Well for Rosslare Strand Culture Night (2024–2025).
In 2023, Ad Personam produced The Rosslare Song Project in partnership with Cruinniú na nÓg Wexford, alongside an extensive programme of collaborative work with Music Generation Wexford, including Everyone (2024), La/Oíche at Ceilúradh, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2024), Music Generation Educators Day – We Are Music Generation (2025), Bí Ann at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2025), and Back to the Festival (2025), an interactive music experience for young people created as part of Wexford Festival Opera.
The company’s mission is to produce artistically ambitious, accessible work that places professional artists at the heart of communities, creating meaningful cultural experiences that are rooted in place while engaging with universal themes.
