Two Irish Plays: Donkey Derby and Tales She Tells

Two very different Irish women, two fantastic one-woman shows!DONKEY DERBY: selected to paritcipate in Donegal's 115th Donkey Derby, Mary is distraught. The issue? She is now forced to face two things she’s been successfully avoiding for a long time: bizarre cultural traditions, and her social anxiety. Through an array of elaborate stories – some ending in whiskey-soaked stitches, others in “everybody died” – this heartfelt, honest piece is true to the Irish humour of laughing through tears and tough times. TALES SHE TELLS: Through tales of myth and wonder, our storyteller tries to understand love and loss – and why, in Irish fairy tales, the brave young princess always seems to die. Struggling to reconnect with her mother, she turns to the ancient tales of Irish folklore her mother used to tell her. Only to realize the stories she idolized might be far less romantic and fanciful than she once thought. Read more