Town hall show for Stage Aid drama group

Stage Aid Drama Society’s latest award winning comedy production, The Departure Lounge, written and directed by local man Armand Gaillard, is coming to Lurgan Town Hall on Friday, April 25 at 8pm.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Apr 2014, 10:00 BST
Paddy McAnallen, St Vincent De Paul Society, Lurgan volunteer receives £500 from Armand Gaillard, writer, Bridie Corry, seretary and Anne O'Neill, committee member of Stage Aid who raised the money from performances of 'Uncle Tommy's Wake'. Stage Aid have also presented cheques to the Salvation Army and Welcome Centre for the Homeless in Belfast. The performances of the play by Stage Aid, have raised £8000 for third world charties. INLM5111-107gcPaddy McAnallen, St Vincent De Paul Society, Lurgan volunteer receives £500 from Armand Gaillard, writer, Bridie Corry, seretary and Anne O'Neill, committee member of Stage Aid who raised the money from performances of 'Uncle Tommy's Wake'. Stage Aid have also presented cheques to the Salvation Army and Welcome Centre for the Homeless in Belfast. The performances of the play by Stage Aid, have raised £8000 for third world charties. INLM5111-107gc
Paddy McAnallen, St Vincent De Paul Society, Lurgan volunteer receives £500 from Armand Gaillard, writer, Bridie Corry, seretary and Anne O'Neill, committee member of Stage Aid who raised the money from performances of 'Uncle Tommy's Wake'. Stage Aid have also presented cheques to the Salvation Army and Welcome Centre for the Homeless in Belfast. The performances of the play by Stage Aid, have raised £8000 for third world charties. INLM5111-107gc

Tickets are £5 with all proceeds going towards charity.

The play won the Audience Award at Lislea Drama Festival in February this year and has sold out performances in The Marketplace Theatre, Armagh, Newcastle Arts Festival and Lislea Festival.

The Departure Lounge is set in a nursing home where two men, James Allen and Henry Flannigan, meet by chance and discover they are very different characters and from very different walks of life, yet they share the surnames of two famous music hall artists – Flannigan and Allen. Sometimes things aren’t always predictable and parting from the Departure Lounge can indeed open a whole new chapter in life.

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Stage Aid has become a well known, long established and reputable society since it was established in 1985 by local man Armand Gaillard, a talented musician, songwriter and playwright.

Stage Aid has been able to donate in excess of £60,000 to various Third World and local charities.

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