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Blue Thunder

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Padraic Walsh 

  • Synopsis

    In a small-town in Ireland late at night, a minibus is parked around the corner from the local chipper. Brian, the owner of the van, has been recently kicked out of the house by his wife and he’s about to bed down for the night, when he gets an unexpected call from his thirty-something sons: Dara, who still lives in the family home; and Ray, who works in finance in Zurich. The boys  need a lift home after a night of heavy drinking. When it’s revealed that Dara has tried to persuade Ray to go with him to his ex-girlfriend’s flat to “give her a scare” the three men are forced to deal with each other in a way they’ve never had to before in order to prevent Dara from doing something he’ll regret for the rest of his life. An immersive play written to be staged inside a parked 17-seater taxi minibus. 

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Total

    3

Original Production

  • Date of First Production

    27 February 2019

  • Production Notes

    Produced by Jessie Anand.

  • Venue Notes

    Presented at VAULT Festival.

  • Irish Premiere Notes

    Premiered in Ireland on 11 September 2023 as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, co-presented by Cathal Cleary Theatre and Kelly Phelan.

Original Cast
Performer Gary Lilburn
Performer Jamie Beamish
Performer Niall McNamee
Production Team
Director Cathal Cleary
Producer Jessie Anand
Photography Sam Taylor

Unpublished Scripts

Rights Information

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was sourced from correspondence with the writer.