Phelim Drew – son of Ronnie Drew and a member of the cast of ‘My Left Foot’ – brings this great O’Casey character to life at Ballina Arts Centre
On Thursday 20th June at 8pm, Ballina Arts Centre host an intriguing new play from the pen of Eddie Naughton about the playful scrounger from Sean O’Casey’s classic, Juno and the Paycock.
With events that were to alter the course of Irish history as a backdrop, Joxer Daly Esq. charts an everyman journey from respectable member of The Foresters Association to a vagabond scraping by with only his wit to use as collateral. From the 1913 Lock Out, to the Rising, to the birth of a new divided Nationalism, we see it all through the eyes of a survivor like no other. Joxer Daly is an ordinary person trying to navigate the difficult waters of what was Dublin in the period leading up to the birth of a Republic.
Brilliantly performed by Phelim Drew, Joxer’s love of language, humour, literature and song, together with a drinker’s purple recollection, makes this a performance like no other. Entertaining and funny, Joxer Daly Esq. is a thought-provoking gander at one of Irish Literatures most loveable chancers!
Tickets: €18 /€16 available from www.ballinaartscentre.com. Early booking is advised.
