“If you’re looking for your orgasms Margaret they’ll be out rusting in the field.”
THE DEVIL AND DUREX is a hilarious look at the 1970’s sexual revolution in a small rural Irish parish written by Fair Dinkum! Theatre’s award winning playwright Nick Makin.
What’s happened to the women folk? Who is filling their head with all this nonsense? Is it the new television in Maloney’s pub or the books coming over from England – The Joy of Sex! – surely that’s a sin?
Join Tom, Paddy and old mad Willie as they struggle to adjust to their wives’ new found assertiveness and determination to establish their own sexual identity. The accepted order is disappearing before their eyes and their desperate efforts to reassert their dominance are failing. The church watches on of course – perhaps starting to feel the first cracks in its own façade.
With an existentially Irish humour THE DEVIL AND DUREX focuses on the foibles of ordinary people faced with extraordinary events.
Warnings: Sexual references.
WRITTEN BY Nicholas Makin
DIRECTED BY Kathleen Warner Yeates
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Éinne Ó Connachtáin
SET DESIGN BY Sophie Meehan
COSTUME DESIGN BY Jennifer Keane
SOUND DESIGN BY Éinne Ó Connachtáin
CAST: Carmel Stephens – Sheila (Carmel is currently playing the role of ‘Cora’ on Ros na Rún for TG4.)
Eoin Leahy – Garda O’Brien (Stunt man with a love for acting.)
Gerry Cannon – Conor (Can be seen as Peadar in Say Nothing on Disney+ and as The Bishop of London in Vikings: Valhalla on Netflix.)
Helen O’Brien – Patricia (Recently performed at the Abbey Theatre as part of 24 Hour Plays.)
James Ronan – Joe (Highly regarded emerging talent represented by the Lisa Richards agency.)
Richard Sweetman – Tom (Recently seen in the Antidote Films for their Electoral Commission commercial campaign)
Simon Cunningham – Paddy (ADLI best supporting actor 2024 for portrayal of Reverend John Hale in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible)
Vince Breheny – Willie (His short films have screened and won various awards at independent film festivals worldwide.)
PREVIEW TICKETS €16
TICKETS €19 | €15 (student/OAP/unemployed)
RUNNING TIME 1 hr 35 mins incl. 15 min interval
About The Company
Fair Dinkum Theatre! is a young company made up of experienced theatrically trained professionals with international experience. At Fair Dinkum we believe that theatre should have an honesty about it – good fun, good value and thought provoking! It’s a philosophy that Australian audiences came to love and one we are excited to bring to Ireland!
What motivates us as a young company, are new works that amuse, startle and amaze. We want you to leave the theatre feeling that you have been entertained and challenged. We hope that our energy and commitment to presenting the very best theatre will bring you back!
We believe in seeking stories and themes which resonate with local audiences – be they Australian or Irish – and yet have a universal message. In this way we hope eventually to connect with audiences around the world.
