OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Maeve Ingoldsby 

• Notes

  A play for 6 - 12 year olds.

• Synopsis

  Scaredy Cats explores children's fears of change, loss and of things that go bump in the night. Matty and Billy Phelan live in Ballyowen. Following the death of their mother, their father decides to move the family to Dublin. Matty, upset at her father's decision, hates everything to do with Dublin. Billy has been having nightmares and is scared of the dark. Frankie Kelly is from Dublin but his parents plan to move to Ballyowen. Frankie hates 'culchies' and is afraid of being picked on by the local children. When Matty challenges Frankie to a dare at Hallowe'en, things get out of hand, leading to an inevitable showdown, leaving both children and parents with a lot of sorting out to do.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  3

• Total

  7

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  09 February 1999

• Producer

  Produced by Barnstorm Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  Watergate Theatre
  

Source Of Information

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