Square One’s ‘When We Are Married’

The play ‘When We Are Married’ by JB Priestley opens next week at Mermaid Arts Centre, presented by Square One Theatre Group.

The play will be on from Tuesday, April 10, until Saturday, April 14, nightly at 8 p.m.

A group of three couples, old friends and all married on the same day in the same chapel, gathers at the Helliwells’ home to celebrate their silver anniversary.

When they discover that they are not legally married, each couple initially reacts with proper Victorian horror – what will the neighbours think?

All three couples find themselves re-evaluating their marriages; hovering closely over the proceedings is the Yorkshire Argus’ alcohol-soaked photographer, keen to record the evening’s events for posterity, and a wickedly destructive housekeeper who is hoping to use the couples’ mortification to her own advantage.

Madeline Stringer is the director of this production. Founded in April 1976, Square One is a group of talented, extraordinary people striving to produce the best theatre experience possible.

Tickets are €18 or €16 concession and available from mermaidartscentre.ie.

For more information go to quareonetheatregroup.ie.

(Back, from left) Noel Connolly (Albert Parker), Roy Beatty (Joe Helliwell), Chris Kearney (Herbert Soppitt), (front) Máire Iremonger (Annie Parker), Marie McCourt (Maria Helliwell) and Maeve Miller (Clara Soppitt).

(Standing, from left) Nick Russell (Ormon Royd), Byron Hayes (Dyson), Iris Keogh (Mrs Northrup), Sinead Loftus (Ruby), (seated) Andrew Coverda (Gerald), Lydia Hayes (Nancy), Lee Donovan (Mayor), Ann McElmeel (Journalist) and Emer Nolan (Lottie Grady)...