Drama Group doing 'Gunman'

Kilcullen Drama Group has begun rehearsals for its spring production, which will be Sean O'Casey's 'Shadow of a Gunman'.

The play is set in 1920, and tells the story of two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, who share a room in a tenement building in Dublin.

The plot involves Seamus’s friendship with a local IRA man, Maguire, who leaves a bag in his room, later discovered to contain guns. The young men’s neighbour, Minnie, becomes convinced that Davoren himself is a gunman on the run, though the reality is that he prefers writing poetry and idealism rather than actual fighting.

The production is being directed by John Martin and the opening night is scheduled for April 13.

Brian Byrne.