A word from the Director of Big Maggie

I was delighted to be invited to direct “Big Maggie” because to me John B Keane is a real Irish playwright, inasmuch as he wrote on his home soil, about his own people, and in his own neighbourhood. 

When the profligate, feckless Walter Polpin dies without leaving a will, the family is thrown into turmoil. Due to having spent his lifetime playing his children off against each other, they each have expectations of how they will profit from his death.

So what of Maggie, the widow, whose legal rights in this situation are grim indeed? Or are they? With a reputation for 'fighting fire with fire', Maggie has foreseen this situation, and made plans, with some help from her old friend, Byrne. Maggie has never 'put all her eggs in one basket', and it pays off, at a price.

There is a cast of eleven in this play, or is it twelve!! And what a cast it is. It is a privilege to work with each and every one of them. So come and join us at the Celtic Club on the 27th or 29th of April, and experience a rollercoaster of emotions, as you change sides and allegiances with The Polpin Family, their neighbours, and would be suitors.


Renée Huish