OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Fionn Foley 

• Setting

  Galway

• Notes

  Winner of the Bewley’s Café Theatre Little Gem Award at the 2018 Dublin Fringe Festival Awards. 

• Synopsis

  To challenge the bureaucracy of Irish political life and to save the local school of music from being converted into apartments for racehorses, Brendan Galileo is determined to join the ranks of the European Parliament. In a last-ditch attempt to dramatically improve his public profile, he must represent his country in the most vicious diplomatic catfight in the continent, the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  1

• Total

  1

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  11 September 2018

• Production Notes

  Produced during the Dublin Fringe Festival as part of the 'Show in a Bag' season. Show in a Bag is an artist development initiative of Dublin Fringe Festival, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors.

• Producer

  Produced by Dublin Fringe Festival and Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute

• Original Venue

  Bewley's Café Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.