Details

McDonagh's first play. 1996 Writers' Guild Award Winner - Best Fringe Theatre Play. Set in a small cottage in the mountains of Connemara, The Beauty Queen of Leeane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her forties and Mag, her manipulative, ageing mother. When Mag interferes in Maureen's first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship, she sets a chain of events in motion that lead inexorably towards the play's terrifying denouement. Contains scenes of an adult nature.

Cast/Performers

Ingrid Craigie (Mag), Kwaku Fortune (Ray), Orla Fitzgerald (Maureen), Adam Best (Pato)

Creatives/Company

Author: Martin McDonagh
Producer(s): Lyric Hammersmith, Chichester Festival Theatre
Director(s): Rachel O'Riordan, Sam Stevenson (casting director)
Design: Good Teeth Theatre
Lighting: Kevin Treacy
Sound: Anna Clock
Music: Anna Clock