John McCullagh – Page 116

The Walking Stick

June 3, 2020March 16, 2008 by John McCullagh

When first he saw the growing stick

my father was a youngish man

he got a spade and dug it out,

then cut it – for to fit his hand.

Final night of Drama: Philadelphia

June 3, 2020March 15, 2008 by John McCullagh

Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I come! is a highly original piece that launched Friel on the international stage.

Shoot the Crow

June 3, 2020March 14, 2008 by John McCullagh

“Shoot the Crow” by Owen McCafferty – tonight’s offering in the Town Hall -is a sad and hilarious play about a day in the life of four Irish tilers on a building site.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

June 3, 2020March 12, 2008 by John McCullagh

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton is Thursday night’s offering at the Newry Drama Festival.

The Country Boy

June 3, 2020March 12, 2008 by John McCullagh

Tonight (Wednesday) Rosemary Drama Group of Belfast present John Murphy’s (1929-1998) The Country Boy , a play which reflects on the social problems of emigration and rural life in the late 1950’s.

Making History by Newpoint

June 3, 2020March 11, 2008 by John McCullagh

Tonight’s play is the one most people have been waiting for, Sean Treanor’s production of Brian Friel’s Making History.

The Big House

June 3, 2020March 10, 2008 by John McCullagh

The Big House is an early twentieth century play by Stuart Lennox Robinson who was an Irish dramatist, a poet and a theatre director with the Abbey Theatre.

In Flame

June 3, 2020March 9, 2008 by John McCullagh

Tonight’s (Sunday’s) play in Newry Drama Festival is In Flame by Charlotte Jones and it is a funny and sparkly play about lust, hope and dreams.

Meadow Families

June 3, 2020March 8, 2008 by John McCullagh

I have been repeatedly asked to show some Meadow Families from the recent Reunion. I have no original snaps (yet) so these are recycled newspaper photos. Families portrayed include Yewlett, Rocks, McEvoy, Courtenay and McCullagh – others too of course!