Bold Girls

Bold Girls

By Rona Munro

Directed by Kay O’Dea

An amateur production by arrangement with Concord  Theatricals Ltd

The drama of everyday life in Belfast  during ‘the troubles’ – burning buses, ravaged blocks and gunfire – are but offstage events in this stirring play about three women whose men have been killed or imprisoned for their political activities.  Chilling themes are off set by many humorous and heart warming moments in this play about people, not politics.  It is irons and ironing boards and piles of clothes waiting to be smoothed, socks and pegs and damp sheets waiting for a break in the Belfast drizzle for the line … It’s pots and pans and steam and the kettle always hot for tea.

‘It was the product of a lot of whiskey, a lot of laughs and a score of stories … I don’t think the battles women fight, or the daily struggles they have in much of Belfast, are particularly different from those in any other area with bad housing or high unemployment – except that guns make a difference to everything. But this isn’t a story about guns. It’s the story of four bold women.’  Rona Munro.

‘Rona Munro’s ear for the authentic cut and thrusts of Belfast’s unsung heroines is sharp, abrasive and at times downright painful…It is also celebratory and funny.’   Daily Mail.

‘Absorbing, often funny…Exhilarating.’    Sunday Telegraph

‘… the story of love, friendship and betrayal could be set anywhere.’  Mail on Sunday.

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