OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Ken Harmon 

• Setting

  Set in Dublin at the time of the Ireland versus England soccer match in 1995 at Lansdowne Road.

• Synopsis

  It's sleaze, pills, thrills and bellyaches for Snorkey until an old joyriding mystery is solved and his ex-bird's dreaded brothers, The Duracels, come looking for blood. In the end it's his part in the running battles with the English football fans that might just save his life.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Total

  1

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  25 June 2000

• Production Notes

  An earlier version of Wideboy Gospel was presented by 13 Spanner Theatre Company at Bewley's Café Theatre on September 27, 1999, as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. The play was subsequently rewritten and restaged as listed.

• Producer

  Produced by Bedrock In association with Project Arts Centre

• Venue Notes

  The play was first presented, on tour, at the Greenwich and Docklands Festival, London.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  The Irish premiere of the same production took place at Project on August 20, 2000.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and promotional flyer.