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Gap Year, The

  • Clare McMahon
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 2M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573133688

"They'll be digging us out of the turf in two hundred-years. Trying to figure out why three women in their sixties were camping in Donegal."

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

  • Time Period: Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
Newly widowed Kate, childminder-in-chief Roisin and their best friend Oonagh have decided enough is enough. Life is too short, they're going to follow in their children's footsteps and take a Gap Year. Thailand? Europe? Down Under? No, they're visiting every county in Ireland, sure there's a few they've never even heard of! It's time for castles, co ee and craic as three women in their 60s go on the adventure of a lifetime.

This play is about new beginnings; that it's never too late to start again and the power of female friendship.

REVIEWS:

"The Gap Year will have you laughing and crying in equal measure, but the writing genius of McMahon adds a sparkle of light through the production's dark themes."

Belfast Media

"Buoyant."

 The Stage

Premiere Production: The Gap Year was first produced and performed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, on 3 September 2022
  • Casting: 2M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • KATE MULGREW – 63
    OONAGH MADDEN – 61
    ROISIN MCANESPIE – 62
    FR DONNELLY – 50s, local priest
    KIERAN – 30s, camp activities manager
    CAOIMHE – young mother
    PAT – 50s, recovering from a stroke
    JOSIE – nurse, Pat’s daughter
    CAMPERVAN MAN – late 20s
    SISTER THOMASINA – young nun
    FIONNTAN – 30s, hitch-hiker
    EDDIE – 60s, Oonagh’s ex
    ALISON – 24, drunk partier
    PAUL – 60s, Roisin’s husband
    ETHAN – 20s, Drag artist
    TOURIST – 30s
    CATHERINE – 30, Kate’s daughter
    TANGO-DANCER
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    Newly widowed Kate, childminder-in-chief Roisin and their best friend Oonagh have decided enough is enough. Life is too short, they're going to follow in their children's footsteps and take a Gap Year. Thailand? Europe? Down Under? No, they're visiting every county in Ireland, sure there's a few they've never even heard of! It's time for castles, co ee and craic as three women in their 60s go on the adventure of a lifetime.

    This play is about new beginnings; that it's never too late to start again and the power of female friendship.

    $24.95