A night of unforgettable comedy and drama with From the Shoulders Down in Kilteel

Celebrating 60 years' involvement in drama, well known Blessington writer/actor, Richard Lynch has begun a revival tour of one of his most popular shows, From the Shoulders Down.

Cleverly scripted and performed by Richard, the show has previously been staged all over Ireland, parts of England and as far away as Canada, at the London Fringe Festival, Ontario and North Quebec.

Winning rave reviews at many venues, it comes to Kilteel Community Hall as part of Kilteel St Brigids Arts Festival on Monday February 6 at 8pm.

The play tells the story of PJ Mulpeter. Now sixty-five years of age, he hails from somewhere in the midlands. He begins his final working day as a builder’s labourer, having ‘soldiered’ for fifty years under the same construction firm — Murray and Sons Construction — working under three different generations of the same family.

In a reflective mood, he casts a backward glance at the highs and lows of his ‘career’ on the pick and shovel.

We meet him in the school classroom, his first flush of youth, digging foundations, mixing concrete, at the marquee dances, in the pub and the characters from building sites who shaped the pattern of his early life. Most notably, The Hat Reilly, a plasterer supreme, and the upstart who wouldn’t be fit to wash the trowel after him, his boss Oul Murray, his close associate Larry the Lick himself, and the girl of his dreams, who stole his heart while they danced to Eileen Reid and the Cadets.

Here you will meet a character who makes immediate impact with an audience.

To say more would reveal too much and spoil the mystique.

Don’t miss it.. Tickets €10. Booking on 087-7914205.