Derry no events posted in last week
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
 RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony Public Inquiry >>
Promoting Human Rights in IrelandHuman Rights in Ireland >>
Labour Police Boss Blasted After Handing ?5,000 of Taxpayers? Cash To Help Save Liverpool Pride Mon Aug 11, 2025 19:15 | Richard Eldred
A Labour police chief is under fire for giving ?5,000 of public money to save Liverpool Pride just weeks before a High Court ruling found uniformed police participation in such events biased and unlawful.
The post Labour Police Boss Blasted After Handing ?5,000 of Taxpayers? Cash To Help Save Liverpool Pride appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
White Working-Class Failure Mon Aug 11, 2025 17:05 | Mary Gilleece
White working-class educational failure isn't about ambition but the damage done by progressive ideologies and bad ideas, says Mary Gilleece.
The post White Working-Class Failure appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Reform UK?s Doge Efforts ?Save More Than ?100 Million in Council Spending in 100 Days? Since Local E... Mon Aug 11, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
By scrapping Net Zero projects and cutting costs, Reform UK says its Musk-inspired "DOGE" unit has clawed back ?110 million in council savings just 100 days after its landslide victory in May's local elections.
The post Reform UK?s Doge Efforts ?Save More Than ?100 Million in Council Spending in 100 Days? Since Local Elections As Nigel Farage?s Party ?Rolls Back Net Zero? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Labour Frees 26,000 Prisoners Early ? Hundreds Jailed for More Than 10 Years Are Released Mon Aug 11, 2025 13:04 | Richard Eldred
Labour?s early-release scheme has freed over 26,000 criminals ? including killers, rapists and other serious offenders ? and is on track to release nearly 45,000 in its first year.
The post Labour Frees 26,000 Prisoners Early ? Hundreds Jailed for More Than 10 Years Are Released appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
One of Britain?s Wokest Councils Has Banned Staff Referring to Parents as Mum and Dad Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young
Merton Council in South London has banned its employees from using the words "mum" and "dad". Instead, they must use terms that "recognise diverse family formation". Meanwhile, its debts mount and potholes go unfixed.
The post One of Britain?s Wokest Councils Has Banned Staff Referring to Parents as Mum and Dad appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en
Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en
The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en Voltaire Network >>
|
Derry - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970 The Cowboys
 derry |
arts and media |
event notice
 Wednesday March 14, 2018 11:04 by PT - The Revenant Theatre Company
A Play for the Stage
The Cowboys at The Waterside Theatre, Derry/Londonderry
 Review by Bernadette Ó Huiginn
. “The Cowboys”, written and directed by Peter Trant, is a dramatic and highly entertaining play set in a fictional town somewhere along the border. It tells a complex, darkly humorous tale of love, betrayal and revenge. After many years, away, the protagonist, Bobby Courtney, returns to his hometown for his father’s funeral. Old animosities between him and his nemesis, Johnny Murtagh, the Meat Factory Manager, bubble ominously to the surface. Two Meat Factory Workers, Sonny and Phil, observe it all. At first this duo, with their laugh-out-loud humour, appear to be outside the action, almost like a Greek chorus, but we soon realize that they are, in fact, central to events as they unfold. Behind their banter, oblique clues hint at horrors past and to come. A sense of menace permeates the action right from the beginning and tension builds inexorably as the plot moves to its shocking climax.
As director, Trant has a sure mastery of the elements that go into creating a strong piece of theatre and he works them skilfully in this production. He shows a great understanding of stagecraft, never letting the pace falter and using the minimalist sets and lighting to very good advantage. As writer, Trant has created a cast of vividly drawn characters. Those in the pivotal roles of Bobby and Johnny, and especially, Silk Cut Sonny and Big Phil were excellent. These last two are superb creations and, as inhabited by Pat Deery as Sonny and Dennis O’Hagan as Phil, they were totally convincing. Pat Deery’s gripping performance was a stand-out. The play is greatly enlivened by dialogue that manages a colourful verve without losing plausibility. It is rich in the pungent local idioms of the northern borderlands.
|
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter