Wired to the Moon

By Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy has written a half-dozen wonderfully incisive stories about 6 people who are ‘wired to the moon’: 

– an insurance clerk who confides in a magazine agony aunt with unexpected results
– a woman who is driven mad by her seemingly perfect neighbours
– a bride who is worried people will laugh at her for getting married ‘late in life’
– a girl who ruins her family’s life when she buys an answering machine
– a boy who is confused by his parents’ separation and
– a teacher who is fed up solving everyone else’s problems, so decides to find a problem of her own!

Wired to the Moon is set in Ireland during the 1980?s. It is a very funny and often moving 90-minute rollercoaster ride through the lives of 36 characters by one of Ireland’s best-loved writers.

​Maeve Binchy is an internationally acclaimed writer. Her novels include Light a Penny Candle, Echoes, The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends and Tara Road. Her short story collections include Dublin 4, Victoria Line and Central Line. Many of her best-selling books have been made into hugely successful films – more recently, Circle of Friends starring Minnie Driver and Chris O’Donnell.

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Created by

Writer Maeve Binchy
Director & Adaptation Jim Culleton

Cast

Noelle Brown
Arthur Riordan
Jasmine Russell
Helen Norton
Sonja Kelly
​Jenny Maher

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Touring

2001
Andrew’s Lane Theatre, Dublin, 2001 followed by a five month sell-out tour

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Reviews

“heightened surrealism… brilliant vignettes which combine accuracy of observation with side-splitting farce… very funny… creatively brought to the stage… Jim Culleton directs it all with control and wit… a hugely enjoyable and quintessentially Binchy evening” 
The Irish Times

‘90 hilarious minutes…as insightful and clever as it is funny‘ 
Sunday Business Post
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Often hilarious…a belly-laugh every few minutes’ 
​The Guardian