The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh, writer/director of the BAFTA award-winning In Bruges, delivers a twisted and comic tale of a mother and daughter trapped together in a small village in Galway.

Maureen lives a lonely life, with only her ancient mother Mag for company, tending to her every need, putting up with years of insults (and doling out a few of her own).

When a chance comes along to find love and make a new life for herself Maureen sees an opportunity to escape. Mag has other ideas though, and her interference sets in motion a chain of misunderstandings and betrayals, heartbreaking tragedy and dark, dark humour.

Martin McDonagh’s brutal but irresistible work has taken audiences by storm in recent years; cruel, sharp dialogue is combined with an uncanny ability to find laughter in some pretty unpleasant situations.

Tony Cownie (Copenhagen, Mary Rose, Vanity Fair) directs this wonderful, wicked take on Irish family life, with a cast which includes Cara Kelly as Maureen and Nora Connolly as Mag.

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