Northern Star
Northern Star, one of the plays included in Stewart Parker’s “Three Plays for Ireland” is based on Henry Joy McCracken struggling to compose his final speech to the people of Belfast after the failure of the rebellion/rising. Henry Joy incorporates the seven ages of man into his speech and uses the words from great Irish playwrights including Beckett, O’Casey, Wilde and Synge to emphasise and make accessible the missed opportunities, horrors and failures of Irish history.
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Creative
Team
- Director Lynne Parker
- Set and Lighting Designer Zia Holly
- Costume Designer Joan O’Clery
- Sound Designer Ivan Birthistle
- Hair & Make Up Val Sherlock
Cast
- Henry Joy McCracken Rob Malone
- Mary Bodle Nicola Abernethy
- Samuel Neilson/Girvan/Sergeant /Haslett Shane Lennon
- Peggy Barclay/Cecily Hamill/Mary Ann McCracken Sarah Morris
- Thomas Russell/Orangeman/Captain Ruairi O’Connor
- Belle Martin/The Phantom Bride/Shanaghan Erin Gilgen
- Jimmy Hope/Patrick Hamill/Atty Bunting/Croaker McFadden Robbie O’Connor
- Wolfe Tone/Gorman/Teeling Colin Campbell
Crew
- Company Stage Manager Gordon Bell
- Deputy Stage Manager Liane McCarthy
- Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Robb
- Chief LX Eanna Whelan
- Scenic Construction Daniel Cunningham
- Scenic Artist & Prop Maker Fodhla O’Brien
- Sound Design Co-ordinator Richard O’Neill
- Wardrobe Supervisor Aimee Hayes