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Stage Play: "Lá Buí Bealtaine", by Máiréad Ní Ghráda

This is a story about two people, Nóinín and Peadar, who are now old. They are together in the garden of a hospital for old people. They don’t recognize each other. The old woman is looking back at the days of her youth. She goes to a bright May day when she met with a young man at the bog, , and she thinks about the love between them that summer. Gradually a tragic love story unfolds, the story of a love that was suddenly ended because of jealously and anger.

Director: John P. Kelly, Seven Thirty Productions (http://www.seventhirty.ca/). John P. Kelly came to Ottawa almost seven years ago after having spent a long period in drama and broadcasting in Ireland. His first major accomplishment in drama was at the 1974 Oireachtas in Ireland, at the Damer Theatre. John received his training as a professional director at Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He subsequently presented plays in many of the best theatres in Ireland. Among them was the Taibhdhearc in Galway. He worked as a manager with RTÉ in Ireland and also with European Broadcasting Corporation in Geneva. Since coming to Ottawa, he has established a theatrical company which concentrates upon modern Irish drama. He has twice been awarded the title of ‘Top Professional Director’ in Ottawa by the ‘Capital Critics Circle’.

Leading Actors:
Nóinín: Eithne Dunbar. Eithne was born in Athlone, in Ireland. She learned Irish from her mother, who was a school teacher in Tír an Fhiaidh, and in Leitir Móir, Conamara. She enjoys singing in Irish and has recorded an album - ‘Mo Rogha Amhrán’. Eithne has lived in Brockville, Ontario for more than 30 years.

Peadar: Gus Ó Gormáin. Gus was born in Galway long, long ago (as he says). He learned his profession at Scoil Fhursa, St. Joseph’s Patrician College (The Bish), i nGearrbhaile and at the National University of Ireland in Galway. In Gearrbhaile, he took part in dramatic presentations in Irish. Now that he is nearly retired as a radiologist, he has appeared in five plays at Infinitheatre in Montreal to raise money for the theatre. He is pleased to be back on stage.

Other Actors:

Rosemary O’Brien, from Cúil an tSúdaire, Co. Leix, currently living in Ottawa, Ontario.
Anne Methot, from Co. Tipperary, currently living in Kingston, Ontario.
Katherine Kelly, from Creemore, Ontario, currently living in Kingston, Ontario.


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	Stage Play: "Lá Buí Bealtaine", by Máiréad Ní Ghráda This is a story about two people, Nóinín and Peadar, who are now old. They are together in the garden of a hospital for old people. They don’t recognize each other. The old woman is looking back at the days of her youth. She goes to a bright May day when she met with a young man at the bog, , and she thinks about the love between them that summer. Gradually a tragic love story unfolds, the story of a love that was suddenly ended because of jealously and anger. Director: John P. Kelly, Seven Thirty Productions (http://www.seventhirty.ca/). John P. Kelly came to Ottawa almost seven years ago after having spent a long period in drama and broadcasting in Ireland. His first major accomplishment in drama was at the 1974 Oireachtas in Ireland, at the Damer Theatre. John received his training as a professional director at Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He subsequently presented plays in many of the best theatres in Ireland. Among them was the Taibhdhearc in Galway. He worked as a manager with RTÉ in Ireland and also with European Broadcasting Corporation in Geneva. Since coming to Ottawa, he has established a theatrical company which concentrates upon modern Irish drama. He has twice been awarded the title of ‘Top Professional Director’ in Ottawa by the ‘Capital Critics Circle’. Leading Actors: Nóinín: Eithne Dunbar. Eithne was born in Athlone, in Ireland. She learned Irish from her mother, who was a school teacher in Tír an Fhiaidh, and in Leitir Móir, Conamara. She enjoys singing in Irish and has recorded an album - ‘Mo Rogha Amhrán’. Eithne has lived in Brockville, Ontario for more than 30 years. Peadar: Gus Ó Gormáin. Gus was born in Galway long, long ago (as he says). He learned his profession at Scoil Fhursa, St. Joseph’s Patrician College (The Bish), i nGearrbhaile and at the National University of Ireland in Galway. In Gearrbhaile, he took part in dramatic presentations in Irish. Now that he is nearly retired as a radiologist, he has appeared in five plays at Infinitheatre in Montreal to raise money for the theatre. He is pleased to be back on stage. Other Actors: Rosemary O’Brien, from Cúil an tSúdaire, Co. Leix, currently living in Ottawa, Ontario. Anne Methot, from Co. Tipperary, currently living in Kingston, Ontario. Katherine Kelly, from Creemore, Ontario, currently living in Kingston, Ontario.