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As Martin McDonagh's 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' gets set to open tonight Feb 11, here are five things you may not know...Skerries audiences are in for something darkly funny and deeply unsettling when Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane takes to the stage at the Little Theatre, February 11-21 (Weds-Sat for two weeks) . To whet appetites, here are five fascinating facts about the play that many Skerries theatre-goers may not already know.1It launched McDonagh’s career at lightning speed…When The Beauty Queen of Leenane premiered in Galway and then London in 1996, McDonagh was just 25 and virtually unknown. The play’s explosive success led to an extraordinary achievement: within a year, four of his plays were running simultaneously in London’s West End — a record for a new playwright and a moment that changed modern Irish theatre.2It belongs to a dark 'Leenane Trilogy'…The play is the first in a trio set in the same fictional Connemara village, followed by A Skull in Connemara and The Lonesome West. Characters and events subtly overlap across the three works, creating a bleak but comic portrait of a community where grudges last forever and nobody escapes unscarred3The mix of comedy and cruelty caused controversy…Early critics were divided. Some hailed the play as “savagely funny,” while others were disturbed by how much audiences laughed at moments of shocking emotional and physical violence. That uneasy blend of humour and horror became McDonagh’s trademark style and is one of the reasons the play still feels so modern4It conquered Broadway as well as Ireland and Britain…In 1998, the play transferred to Broadway starring Anna Manahan, earning multiple Tony Award nominations and winning Best Actress. For a grim Irish kitchen drama about a mother and daughter locked in mutual misery, this was an unlikely but emphatic international triumph.5The title is deliberately ironic…There is no beauty contest in the play. The “Beauty Queen” refers bitterly to Maureen, a lonely woman trapped in a toxic relationship with her manipulative mother. The glamorous-sounding title masks a story about missed chances, crushed hope and the small, cruel wars of everyday life.Adding a special local twist, one member of the cast has family roots in Lenane itself. A small group of relatives will be travelling from the village to Skerries to see the production — giving this staging a rare and authentic link back to the place that inspired McDonagh’s famously dark fictional setting.The Beauty Queen of Leenane runs at the Little Theatre, Skerries, Wednesday to Saturday, Feb 11–21 at 8.15pm. The play is directed by Mary Shannon, and the cast of four are Dympna McNally, Sarah Byrne, Conor Chatten and Tom Duffy.Tickets €20/€15 from Greg Reddin’s or 085 134 2999. ... See MoreSee Less

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