2009 Strictly For The Birds

Strictly For The Birds gives a rich social history of the mid 20th century Belfast where the only ‘Credit Crunch’ came at the end of the “Co Quarter” or when the ‘tick’ man or the Coal Man or even the Rent man managed to catch you at home.   The wee shop down the road could sell you essential household items on ‘easy payments’ and you got your weekly visit from the man collecting the instalments.

Muriel and Herbie Glover and their daughter Susan enjoy life in the domestic setting of a wee terraced house somewhere in Belfast.  Their neighbour, Lilly Dodds, calls in quite frequently for the loan of a wee cup of sugar or a wee drop of tea to keep her going.  Herbie keeps pigeons in his loft in the back yard and has collected quite a few cups from racing his birds across the Continent.  All is bliss except for the ‘lady next door, who insists on putting out her washing just as the pigeons are returning from their exploits.

When Muriel and Lily learn that they share a sweepstake that has drawn the favourite in an impending horse race and are likely to win a considerable sum of money, Muriel’s mother, who lives in Cherry Valley, descends on the household with the threat that life will; never be the same again for the hapless Herbie. 

Blending the customary potpourri of Cree characters the play races along to the inevitable conclusion but not before audiences are treated to a hilarious evening of comedy and mayhem that are the hallmarks of Sam Cree’s writing.

 

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Here is the poster the we used to promote the show.

 

Performance Dates & Times

All performances at 8pm nightly         Details for seat reservations at venue.

Month	Date	Day	Venue
March 2009	4th	Wednesday	Belvoir Players Studio, Castlereagh
	5th	Thursday	Belvoir Players Studio, Castlereagh
	6th	Friday	Belvoir Players Studio, Castlereagh
	7th	Saturday	Belvoir Players Studio, Castlereagh
July	10th	Friday	Newcastle Centre, Newcastle, Co. Down
	11th	Saturday	Newcastle Centre, Newcastle, Co. Down
	16th	Thursday	Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen
	17th	Friday	Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen
	18th	Saturday	Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen
	24th	Friday	Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey
	25th	Saturday	Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey
August	7th	Friday	Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
	8th	Saturday	Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
	14th	Friday	Marketplace Theatre, Armagh
	15th	Saturday	Marketplace Theatre, Armagh

 

Further production information to follow.