WWII play set on Louth beach

The Ramor Theatre, Virginia, stages a new play by Conall Quinn this weekend, presented by the Upstate Live Theatre Company. 'The Ones who Kill Shooting Stars' received its world premiere as part of the recent Drogheda Arts Festival, and stars John Currivan, Duncan Lacroix, Aine Ni Laoghaire, Karl Quinn, and Conan Sweeny. Quinn's new play is a surreal tale of love and death set on a County Louth beach during World War II. Henry is on the look out for German submarines but all he really wants to do is fire his flare gun, Alice has decided to run away from home again, and Edward's wife is blowing kisses at him. There's also the body of the American pilot to bury! This is an original and highly entertaining work by a writer currently generating a lot of interest in Ireland. Upstate Live is the touring wing of Upstate Theatre Project, a radical, community-based performing arts organisation located in Drogheda. Upstate has developed a reputation for producing theatre, which is passionate, evocative, sophisticated yet arrestingly pure. Exciting drama, which is at times both fierce and uplifting. Director of 'The Ones who Kill Shooting Stars' is Paul Hayes, with set design by Kieran McNulty; lighting design, Sarah Jane Shiels; composer, Trevor Knight and costume design, Sinead Roberts. 'The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars' is the second play to be developed under Upstate's Writers' Commissioning Scheme, re-established 2007, whereby the company has sought to encourage new writers and directors from outside the company.  The first such commission was 'Submarine Man' by Aidan Harney which has enjoyed two successful national tours.  The scheme continues to be managed for Upstate Theatre Project by Paul Hayes. The performance is in the Ramor Theatre, Virginia, on 8th May at 8.30 pm.