The world’s a dump in play at the Fusion Café
A NEW PLAY by local playwright Eamonn Colfer will be staged at Fusion Café from October 19 to 23 at 8 p.m. each night.
Dumpton is a one-act play in which the world is a dump and the central character, Andrei Strove, lives in a fridge.
Andrei’s burgeoning relationship with his self-righteous neighbour Cassie Haibone is interrupted by the arrival of Hoboken Jones, a scavenger known to find things deep within the dump.
Eamonn who is also directing the play has been writing for the stage for almost two years, producting four one-act plays, most recently an abridged version of Dumpton which premiered at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin in February.
Lee Kelly plays the lead character, Andrei Strove. Lee began acting in the early Paul O’ Brien days of Velvet Sky and Janet’s Table .
Stephanie Hayes who plays his neighbour Cassie was a founder member of Yellow Umbrella Theatre and is know for staging politically themed plays such as Can’t Pay Won’t Pay, Road and Rockin’ the Bronx.Stephanie played Cassie in the abridged version of Dumpton in Smock Alley Theatre.
John Crosbie, who plays Hoboken, has been acting for 30 years and has played lead roles in such plays as Innocence, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and States of Shock. He recently won several Best Actor awards on the drama circuit for his performance in Bryony Lavery’s Frozen. He is reprising the role of Hoboken, having played him in Smock Alley.