The Prodger at Waterside Theatre

The Prodger by Tina Noonan is coming to the stage at Waterside Theatre.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Nov 2013, 09:07 BST
A scene from the play 'The Prodger' which comes to the Waterside Theature later this month.A scene from the play 'The Prodger' which comes to the Waterside Theature later this month.
A scene from the play 'The Prodger' which comes to the Waterside Theature later this month.

Irish veterans of World War I were largely forgotten. But they didn’t forget the war. Nor did others let them. For some at least, it never went away.

Set in a pub in Lismore, Waterford, in or about 1964, Tina Noonan’s powerful new one-act play, The Prodger, is a poignant re-imagining of the life of one such veteran, her great-uncle ‘Johnny’, who lost a leg at the Somme.

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Touching on themes of love, loss, friendship and regret, yet full of biting humour, The Prodger is a moving portrait of one veteran’s struggle to fit into his local community, decades after the war is over. Featuring a stellar cast of Irish acting talent: Brendan Conroy, Seamus Moran, Frank Melia and Joe Moylan.

Described as “a wonderfully funny, bitter-sweet evocation of the trench-memories of a

crippled yet wry old war-veteran in a Waterford pub - quite irresistible,” by Kevin Myers,

‘The Prodger’ will be at The Waterside Theatre on November 29 and 30 at 8pm. Tickets are £10 and are available by telephoning the Box Office on 028 7131 4000 or book online at www.watersidetheatre.com

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