Young Vic Presents THE QUEEN OF LEENANE Through August 21
By: Gabrielle Sierra Aug. 11, 2010
Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).
Winner of the Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and Writers' Guild awards for Best New Play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane was an instant classic from its first performance. High in the mountains of Connemara live a lonely spinster Maureen and her devilishly manipulative mother Mag. Maureen longs for the romance that will spirit her away. But if she goes, who will stir the lumps out of Mag's complan?Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Girlfriend Experience; A Respectable Wedding) directs this darkly comic take on rural Ireland. The cast also includes David Ganly (The Lonesome West, Royal Court/Broadway; Hamlet, Theatre Royal Northampton; Ridley Scott's Body of Lies) and Terence Keeley.
Listings information runs through 21 August 2010
Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Wednesday matinees 2:30pm Tickets £19.50
Previews £10A limited number of discounted tickets are available - early booking is advised. See website for more details. www.youngvic.org
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