Photo (c) George Carter
Developed as part of Show in a Bag an artist development initiative of Dublin Fringe, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors.
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The Humours of BandonBy Margaret Mc Auliffe
‘Don’t be afraid of that floor, hammer it!’ Annie is a 16-year-old Irish Dancer from Dublin and we meet her on the eve of the biggest competition of her life, the Irish Open Championships 1999. She charts us through the various successes and disappointments of her Irish Dancing life. We share her mind-numbing commitment and burning desire to win the coveted Irish Open title. Will she win and, if so, in what way? From the confines of every parochial hall in Ireland, Irish Dancing champions are churned out at a massive rate. Medals and cups build up in drawing rooms and Riverdance swells a national pride, but the public aren’t privy to the blood, sweat and tears that pave the way to the first place podium. A coming-of-age story, THE HUMOURS OF BANDON is an award-winning play, full of heart, humour and wisdom, for anyone who had a childhood passion that threatened to overwhelm their life. WINNER: Best Theatre Script Writers’ Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Awards WINNER of the Little Gem Award Dublin Fringe Festival 2016 NOMINATED: Best Performer Dublin Fringe Festival 2016 ★★★★★Broadway Baby ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ Edinburgh Guide ★★★★ The List ★★★★ The Scotsman #FishambleTHoB |
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Written & Performed by Margaret Mc Auliffe
Directed by Stefanie Preissner Set Design by David Fagan Lighting Design by Eoin Winning Script Development by Gavin Kostick Dramaturgical Assistant Jo Halpin Produced by Eva Scanlan Line Producer Cally Shine Production Coordinator Ronan Carey Marketing Dafni Zarkadi |
Three Monologue Plays for Female Performers - Sonya Kelly, Noni Stapleton, Margaret McAuliffe
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Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017 Includes The Wheelchair On My Face by Sonya Kelly, Charolais by Nono Stapleton, and The Humours of Bandon by Margaret McAuliffe. THE WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE ‘I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven. A nurse came to the school and tested everyone’s eyes. And so it was discovered why I’d thrown bread to the floating crisp packets in our local pond and walked into lamp posts and said, ’excuse me’. Until that day the world was a swirl of moving coloured blobs. I thought it was the same for everyone. How wrong I was.’ WINNER: SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2012 CRITICS’ PICK, New York Times ‘Wonderfully fresh script..highly endearing’ The Sunday Business Post CHAROLAIS A surreal, black comedy of love, longing and one woman’s intense rivalry with a Charolais heifer. Set on a farm in rural Ireland, Siobhan is forced to share the affections of her farmer boyfriend with the other women in his life – a sneering mother-in-law figure, and a sexy French cow. This is a muddy place of simmering desire, mixing the challenges of farming life and the joy of sex. WINNER: LITTLE GEM AWARD Dublin Fringe Festival WINNER: BEST MONOLOGUE BOUQUET Edinburgh Festival WINNER: STEWART PARKER TRUST AWARD “A fast paced, witty, and intensely emotional tale filled with laughter, loss and despair.” Irish Times THE HUMOURS OF BANDON On the eve of the Irish Open championship, we meet Annie, a 16 year old Dubliner, as she charts us through the various successes and disappointments of her Irish Dancing life. We share her mind numbing commitment and burning desire to win the Irish Open title. Will she win and, if so, in what way? WINNER: Best Theatre Script Writers’ Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Awards WINNER of the Little Gem Award Dublin Fringe Festival 2016 ‘…witty and warm… McAuliffe, like this rather perfectly formed show, is a winner…’ ★★★★ The Times Click for the production pages for The Wheelchair On My Face, Charolais, and The Humours of Bandon. |
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‘…a delight… Margaret McAuliffe is a star… sit back and enjoy this emotional rollercoaster ride.’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ‘…witty and warm… McAuliffe, like this rather perfectly formed show, is a winner…’ ★★★★ The Times ‘…wonderful… you must see this show!’ ★★★★ Edinburgh Guide ‘witty and poignant… told by a performer who has lived and breathed the world she so expertly conveys.’ ★★★★ The Scotsman |
'terrific one woman show… by turns sharp, charming and hilarious… All round, a champion turn.’
★★★★ The Irish Times ‘truly breathtaking… dazzling performance that really needs to be seen to be believed.’ ★★★★ The Reviews Hub ‘a hilarious and heart warming production that is not to be missed. ★★★★ The Arts Review |
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Photos (c) Maria Falconer 2017
Meet the Team
Margaret McAuliffe
Writer & Performer |
Margaret Mc Auliffe is an actor/writer from Dublin. As an actor she has worked with The Collective, Rough Magic, Collapsing Horse, Fishamble, The Abbey Theatre and many more. Her most recent productions include kitchensinkdrama (The Collective at Dublin Fringe 2022), Much Ado About Nothing (Rough Magic, 2019) and Requiem for the Truth (Collapsing Horse at Bergen Fringe Festival Norway, 2018). As part of the 'Show in a Bag' initiative for the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2016 she wrote, produced and performed her smash hit, one-woman show, The Humours of Bandon. The show won the Bewley’s Little Gem Award and Margaret was nominated as Best Performer at the Dublin Fringe Awards, 2016. Fishamble has since produced and toured The Humours of Bandon both nationally and internationally including at; the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Brighton Festival, UNOFest Victoria Canada and a multi-venue tour of Wales in 2018 as well as touring to Australia and New York in 2019/2020. As a writer, Margaret won the 2017 ZeBBie award for Best Theatre Script, was a recipient of the Pavilion Theatre’s Patron Artists’ Bursary 2017, a member of the Irish Theatre Institute's Six in the Attic programme and was selected as part of Fishamble's A Play for Ireland initiative 2018. In 2020 she was awarded funding towards writing a new play through Fingal County Council. She's currently in development with Treasure Entertainment on a feature adaptation of The Humours of Bandon with Screen Ireland.
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Stefanie Preissner
Director and Dramaturg |
Stefanie Preissner, Munich-born but Mallow-raised, is the creator of hit comedy-drama series Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope – the show was originally commissioned by RTÉ in Ireland - however both seasons have since broadcast on BBC Three and is available on Netflix Worldwide. Stefanie has also produced a series of short documentaries entitled How To Adult which she presents for RTÉ's online platform RTE Player. Her podcast for RTE-SITUATIONSHIPS is enjoying great ratings on the iTunes charts. The show is co-hosted with Stefanie's best friend Rachel Yoder and each episode looks at a different type of relationship and how to navigate it. Her first feature film script has been commissioned and is supported by Parallel Films the Irish Film Board. Her one-woman theatre show, Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend, enjoyed sell-out runs in Dublin before touring internationally to Bucharest, Edinburgh and Australia, and – as a radio play – it became RTÉ’s most downloaded podcast. Stefanie graduated from University College Cork with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies and Spanish. Alongside her career as a screenwriter and playwright, she has won several awards as an actor. She is a regular contributor to Ireland’s Sunday Independent newspaper and her voice is well-recognised from her prolific voiceover career.
Her first book Why Can’t Everything Just Stay the Same? was nominated for several awards in 2017 and her second book No. It's a Full Sentence was released in 2019. She is also the host of an award winning podcast Basically with Stefanie Preissner. |
Previous Dates
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2019 : Irish and International Touring
10 - 18 Apr: Irish Art Center NYC regional tour that included performances at the Irish Arts Center, New York Irish Center Long Island City, Irish American Center of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Mineola, and the Irish Cultural & Sports Association of Southern Connecticut, supported by Culture Ireland 8 - 11 May: Illwarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, Australia, supported by Culture Ireland 16 - 18 May: Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Australia, supported by Culture Ireland 23 -25 May: Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia, supported by Culture Ireland 29 May: Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury, Australia, supported by Culture Ireland 2 Jun: Mountshannon Arts Festival, Mountshannon 30 Jun: Cootehill Arts Festival, Cavan 5 Dec: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire |
2018: Irish and International Touring
3rd Feb: The Dock, Leitrim 6th - 11th Feb: Blackwater Fit Up Festival 24th Feb: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 9th - 11th May: UNO Festival, Vancouver, Canada, supported by Culture Ireland 16th - 20th May: Brighton Festival, Brighton, United Kingdom, supported by Culture Ireland 3rd Jun: CAFÉ Festival, Carrabane 16th Nov: Clashmore Fit Up Festival, The Old Schoolhouse, Clashmore 22nd Nov: Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, Wales, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain 24th Nov: Riverfront Theatre, Newport, Wales, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain 26th Nov: Ffwrnes, Llanelli, Wales, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain 27th Nov: Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Wales, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain 1st Dec: Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales, supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain |
2017: Irish and International Touring
7th - 8th Feb: Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire 10th Feb: GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow 23rd Feb: Draiocht, Blanchardstown 24th Feb: Siamsa Tire, Tralee 25th Feb: glór, Ennis 28th Feb: Hawkswell, Sligo 2nd Mar: axis, Ballymun 4th Mar: Nenagh Arts Centre 6th - 25th Mar: Bewley's at Powerscourt 29th Mar: Linenhall, Castlebar 30th Mar: An Grianán, Letterkenny 2nd Jun: St. John's Theatre, Listowel Writers' Festival 5th - 7th Jul: Clonmel Junction Festival 15th Jul: Birr Theatre, Scripts Festival 25th - 30th Jul: West Cork Fit Up Festival 4th - 28th Aug: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, supported by Culture Ireland 2nd Sep: Electric Picnic 6th Sep: Roscommon Arts Centre 7th Sep: White Horse, Cork 9th Sep: Town Hall Theatre, Galway 14th Sep: Droichead Arts Centre 15th Sep: Backstage, Longford 16th Sep: Belltable, Limerick 18th Sep: Clifden Arts Festival 19th Sep: National Ploughing Championships 22nd Sep: Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare 24th Sep: Cork Arts Theatre, Cork 28th Sep: Dunamaise Arts Centre 1st Oct: Cork Arts Theatre, Cork 2nd Oct: Rossmore Theatre, Rossmore 3rd Oct: Tech Amergin, Waterville 4th Oct: CYMS, Killorglin 6th - 9th Oct: Carnegie Arts Theatre, Kenmare 14th Oct: Solstice Arts Centre, Navan 1st - 2nd Dec: MAC, Belfast |
