Boyle Music Society present ‘The Addams Family’ this week
The Addams Family are coming to town this week and the stage is set for the entertainment highlight of the year in Boyle. In the twelve weeks since rehearsals began, the cast, committee, crew and production team have spent every moment ensuring that this will be an unforgettable show.
So, with the lights set, the soundcheck complete and the orchestra tuned up, the cast are ready to unveil what promises to be Boyle Musical Society’s best show ever.
Gomez, Morticia, Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and Lurch Addams have all gathered at the family graveyard to celebrate life and death in a yearly ritual to connect with their past and ensure their future. They seem at peace with each other and with their dead ancestors too – who emerge from their graves on this night each year.
Wednesday Addams, (played by Cliona Dowd) is the ultimate princess of darkness and has fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family in Ohio – a man her parents have never met. Wednesday confides in her father Gomez (Darragh Beirne) and begs him not to tell her mother, his beloved wife Morticia. (Gráinne Caldbeck).
Uncle Fester (Stephen Tighe) enlists the ancestors help to set things right.
A vibrant local cast of 32, including many familiar faces, have been working on this show since September. Joining the principal cast on stage are Laurina Brennan, Diarmuid Beirne, Ellie Carter, Majella Gaffney, Stephanie Quinn, Conor White, Kate Connolly, Michael Lohan, Michaela Beirne, Kerry Rawson, Devon Cleary, Jack Gaughan, Ruth O’Dowd, Emma Tiernan, Aileen Emmett, Emma Flanagan, Callum Blakely, Therese Regan, Shannon Kerins, Hannah Leidecker, Anna Kearney and Catherine Bolger.
BMS is fortunate to have two very talented ladies making up the production team. Turning in her seventh year as Director is Vivienne Moran.
Vivienne is continuously directing shows for variety groups and schools, running workshops and if all of that isn’t enough… she is also taking on her usual role as choreographer.
Anne Kielty is Musical Director. Anne has an abundance of experience in musical theatre and choral work and she brings her teaching experience and love of music to Boyle Musical Society, where she works tire- lessly with soloists and the chorus to produce the best vocals and harmonies for the stage. Along with being the orchestra pianist, Anne is also rehearsal pianist and chorus mistress.
‘ The Addams Family’ is a show for all the family and it will open on this Wednesday Nov. 21st and continue until Saturday Nov. 24 th at 8pm nightly in St. Joseph’s Hall, Boyle.
Tickets are priced at €15 but special concessions of €12 tickets for children, students and senior citizens, will be available for Wednesday and Thursday night’s shows.
There will be a Matinée performance on Saturday 24 th at 2:30pm and tickets are €15 and €10.
Tickets are available from Únabhán beside King House and will also be available at the door, each night.
Tickets can also be booked by telephone on the BMS Ticketline, 071 9663033.