Happy Days for Draiocht
‘Happy Days’ is the third of Samuel Beckett's great comic/tragic full length plays on the human condition - ‘Waiting for Godot’ and ‘Endgame’ the others. The Godot Company (founder John Calder, Beckett's publisher) in association with Richard Ryan Promotions present this highly original stage picture which breaks new barriers in the modern theatre.
The heroine is Winnie, a housewife married to Willie, who find themselves alone in a barren wilderness. In this often hilarious play, Winnie depends on Willie for company and support even though he spends most of his time sleeping. She finds comfort in her literary quotations and in the contents of her black bag which she delves into throughout her Happy Day
Colette Kelly (Rockaby, Beckett x3, 2012, Footfalls, Beckett x3, 2013) plays Winnie, Oengus MacNamara who has performed in every Irish Tour by the Godot Company plays Willie and is the director with founder John Calder, Beckett's publisher in a consulting role.
Tour Dates February 2014 Venue
Mon 3rd Town Hall Galway
Tues 4th Portora Royal, Enniskillen
Thurs 6th GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow
Fri 7th Wexford Arts Centre
Sat 8th Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Mon 10th The Everyman, Cork
Tues 11th The Everyman, Cork
Wed 12th The Everyman, Cork
Thurs 13th Friar’s Gate Kilmallock
Fri 14th St Johns Theatre, Listowel
Sat 15th Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare
Sun 16th Tech Amergin, Waterville
Wed 19th Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Thurs 20th Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Sat 22nd Draiocht, Blanchardstown
This extensive tour is being promoted by Richard Ryan Promotions and will have feature John Calder, publisher and bookseller, celebrated for bringing experimental and controversial world literature - from Samuel Beckett to Eugene Ionesco to Marguerite Duras, described as “publisher of the most significant literature of the 20th century'.
In March 2014 Richard Ryan Promotions in association with The New Theatre, Dublin will tour the island of Ireland with the acclaimed adaptation of James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' directed by Jimmy Fay.