Eilish O’Carroll’s Live, Love, Laugh will tour Ulster this April / May 2017
Best known as Winnie McGoogan in her brother Brendan’s successful BBC sitcom, ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, Eilish comes into her own here with this reflective look on an eventful life that includes a strict Catholic upbringing, two failed marriages and coming out as a lesbian at the age of 50. While poignant and deeply moving it is also packed with humour. A 1950s baby, and the ninth of ten children, she describes her childhood with affection and good humour. Then there’s her discovery of orgasmic proportions via the hydraulics on a double decker bus and her discovery of sex! At one stage she was sure that there was something wrong ‘down there’ because her sex life was unfulfilling. Her discovery that she was a lesbian is also tenderly handled with good humour. The end result is a warm, witty triumph that joyously celebrates being true to yourself.
DATES & VENUES
April
Sat 22: Ramor Theatre, Cavan
Sun 23: Bardic Theatre, Donaghmore
May
Wed o3: Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
Thurs 04: The Market Place, Armagh
Fri 05: Theatre At The Mill, Newtownabbey
Sat 06: Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Fri 12: Iontas Arts Centre, Castleblayney
Sat 13: Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey
Wed 17: Riverside Theatre, Coleraine
Thur 18: Millennium Forum, Co L’Derry
Fri 19 May: Burnavon Theatre, Cookstown
Sat 20 May: Waterfront Studio, Belfast
