OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Peter Dunne (1) 

• Synopsis

  Growing up as children of a celebrity ventriloquist, family problems regularly become front page fodder. Especially when your parent is a national joke. Burned by the glare of the spotlight, Teddy is a recluse, his only companion the dummy on his arm. But when his sister Dolly has a meltdown live on children’s television, the family home receives a couple of new house guests. One of them wooden. Throwing tantrums as well as voices, the whole family take to the stage. But which dummy is in control?

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Female

  1

• Total

  2

• Cast Notes

  Each actor performed with a ventriloquist's dummy.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 September 2017

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed on the Peacock Stage. 

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme with additional information taken from the Dublin Fringe Festival programme.