The Irish Premiere of the play ‘The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ will take place On October 26th at the Royal Spa Hotel in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare at 8pm.
’The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ is a new play by North Clare native Dermott Petty The play is set in North Clare in the late 1970’s where a teenagers discovery of Punk Rock turns his life upside down and causes consideration, shock and misunderstanding with his parents, his community and his friends.
The setting is in the village of Lisdoonvarna, where a tight-nit, conservative, traditional based community is invaded by this new foreign phenomenon Punk Rock. In the village however there is only 1 Punk rockers. The one punk rocker in the village has notions of rebellion, grandeur and turning the world upside down.
The origins of the play began from a poem of Dermott Petty’s tilted ‘When Punk Rock Came to North Clare’ that was published by Revival Press in Limerick. The play will be directed by Joan O’Hanrahan and will be performed by Dermott Petty. This summer ‘The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ play had its World Premiere as part of the Barnstable Fringe Theatrefest in Barnstable, North Devon, England.
‘The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ will have its Irish Premiere on Saturday, October 26th at the Royal Spa Hotel in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, at 8pm.
There will be 2 performances of ‘The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ at the Royal Spa Hotel, on Saturday October 26th at 8pm, and on Sunday October 27th at 8pm.