We are delighted to announce that Dragonfly will be part of this year's Galway Arts Festival with our second play, Reptilian, written by Shona McCarthy. Last year's sell out run at the festival with Married to the Sea was a huge thrill for us and to be part of such a great festival again is very exciting.

Reptilian premiered in the Dublin Fringe Festival in September 2008 where it was described by the Irish Times as:

“****, a surreal exploration of familial dysfunction which constantly surprises...is full of suspense and revelations...is stylised and poetic...this story is vividly original...excellent performances...RECOMMENDED."

It then moved to the Nun's Island Theatre in Galway as part of the inaugural Galway Theatre Festival in October. This time will be in the intimate surroundings of the Town Hall Studio where the audience will almost be part of the action!

July 13th - 18th of July 2009 at 6pm daily
Town Hall Studio
Duration: Approx 55mins
Tickets are on sale now at www.galwayartsfestival.com.

Cast: Siobhán Donnellan, Carla Bredin, Paul Nolan and Fiachra Ó Dubhhghaill

Sincere thanks for your support.

Dragonfly

Dragonfly Theatre will be premiering their second play Reptilian at the Dublin Fringe Festival from the 16th to 21st of September at 6.15pm at Filmbase, Temple Bar.

Following the success of our award-winning first play, Married to the Sea, which toured to New York, Edinburgh and nationwide, we are delighted to bring our second play to the Dublin Fringe Festival for its world premiere.

Written and Directed by Shona McCarthy
Cast: Fiachra Ó Dubhghaill, Siobhán Donnellan, Carla Bredin and Paul Nolan

For bookings please see www.fringefest.com

Dragonfly

Dragonfly recently returned from a very successful but draining month performing Married to the Sea in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. No one could have prepared us for the madness in Edinburgh for the month of August. You learn not to take any notice of the oddest and strangest of people and outfits walking around the Royal Mile, which is at the centre of the festival. Having performed in the Assembly Rooms on 23 out of 25 days we were absolutely shattered by the end but there is no doubt that the effort was certainly worth it for the experience alone. Thankfully the play was very well received getting a number of 4 and 5 stars reviews including 5 stars from the British Theatre Guide calling it "a wistful play, well directed by the author that should herald a big future for Miss McCarthy and also this impressive acting trio".

We were delighted to learn also that Married to the Sea was shortlisted for the Holden Street Theatres Award, which brings one production to the Adelaide Fringe Festival for an all-expenses-paid run in February and March.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped us in any way to experience the Edinburgh fringe festival, in particular, Culture Ireland and NUIG for their generous sponsorship, Mike "Psych" Byrne, Jane Daly of the Irish Theatre Institute, Paul Fahy of Galway Arts Festival, and Fergal McGrath from the Town Hall Theatre and the other local business in Galway. A very special thanks to Laura "Legend" Flynn who was invaluable to us as our company manager. Her stamina and ability to remain upbeat when the rest of us were complaining of fatigue deserves a special award!

Married to the Sea will be going on a short national tour in November and December. Until then it's over to our new production of Reptilian which premieres in the Dublin Fringe Festival on the 16th of September.


Dragonfly.