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.
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 |
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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.