Acclaimed drama set for Passionfruit

Mend and Makedo Theatre Company presents 'Redemption Song', written by John MacKenna at the Passionfruit Theatre on Thursday, October 20, at 8.30pm. Joe is a small-time builder whose marriage to Mary has broken up. Their son has been executed. Work is Joe's answer to every problem. Then one evening, two men call to his door with stunning news - they've given a lift to a hitch-hiker and they swear the man was Joe's dead son. Everything changes - "If a man has hope, he has something," Joe says. John MacKenna's new one-man play is a warm, moving, often funny and sometimes terrifyingly sad story of Joe, Mary and their son. It's a powerful and gripping contemporary retelling of an old story. Directed by Marian Brophy, 'Redemption Song' is on at Passionfruit Theatre on Thursday, October 20, at 8.30pm. Tickets are €10. For bookings phone 086 3338457.