'The Derry Boat' - Town Hall Theatre, Little John Nee
Little John Nee is an unlikely gangster as he makes his entrance in "The Derry Boat". Cued by a dissonant crunchy electric guitar chord, Nee, as Shugie O'Donnell, crashes through the door of a corrugated metal shack in a rumpled black suit and tiny sunglasses, waving a gun and toting a large suitcase. This sets the stage for an unlikely rooler-coaster ride which tells the funny, yet poignant story of that four generations of migration between Ireland and Scotland. The show charts the history of the O'Donnell family, from John, who leaves Donegal penniless at the turn of the century, through to the return of Shughie his grandson, a Glaswegian wide boy with attitude in the summer of '98. The result is a "serious comedy" which presents a wry look at the life of emigrants to "big, sooty, smelly, socialist Glasgow".Date: 06/11/02
Start Time: 20:00:00
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 77
Type: Theatre Adult