Caroline Healy-O’Connor playing one of the wives in Run For Your Wife which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Light and sound man Aidan Reidy looking on from his perch during rehearsals Run For Your Wife which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Ready for action: Joe Martin plays the newspaper photographer in Run For Your Wife which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Bríd O’Shea plays one the wives in the hilarious Run For Your Wife which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
John Walsh (seated) with Hugh Jordan and Redmond Roche pictured during a dress rehearsal for Run For Your Wife which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
The cast and crew of the Island Players’ adaptation of the Ray Cooney play, ‘Run For Your Wife’ which opens at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight at 8pm. Included are front from left: J.J. O’Connor, set construction; Bríd O’Shea, Tommy Martin, Caroline Healy-O’Connor and Michael Burke. Back from left: Aidan Reidy, John Walsh, Hugh Jordan, Redmond Roche, Joe Martin and Jerome Stack. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Michael Burke (left) and Tommy Martin getting into their roles in Run For Your Wife in the run up to opening night at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre tonight, Wednesday 19th at 8pm. ©Photograph: John Reidy
A quick reminder: The Island Players open at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre 8pm tonight with their 50th production since their formation in 1978.
This week’s production is the hilarious comedy Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney.
The plot revolves around John Smith – a London cabbie with his own taxi, a wife in Stratham, a wife in Wimbledon and a knife edge schedule. By strict adherence to his schedule he successfully conceals his double life. Unfortunately one night due to a mugging his schedule goes awry. The ensuing complications lead to a night of hilarious entertainment.
The play is produced by Jerome Stack and Aidan Reidy and the group has dedicated tonight’s opener as a fundraising event for the Build4Life Cystic Fibrosis Charity which raises funds to develop life-saving facilities for people with Cystic Fibrosis attending Cork University Hospital (CUH). Curtain up at 8pm and booking at 066 71 41135 and the play will run nightly to and including Sunday night.
