Springtown Camp 1963!

The premier run of a brand new comedy with a sharp social and political bite from the pen of local playwright, Brian Foster, whose acclaimed plays include, Maire – A Woman Of Derry, The Butterfly of Killybegs, and A Miracle in Ballymore.

The action is set in Springtown Camp and Derry’s Guildhall back in 1963. Young radical socialist father of five, Harry Kelly, sick with his family’s impoverished living conditions, comes up with a unique plan to show up the ‘faceless men’ of Derry’s political establishment to the outside world. Communities across the city have been invited to enter a Christmas competition, to be held in the Guildhall, to find the best short nativity play. So Harry sits down and writes a play for the local children to perform.

But, with the eight-year-old children played by adult actors, Gerry Doherty, Carmel Mc Cafferty, Pat Lynch and Bill Waters, this will be a nativity play like no other. Add Seamas Heaney, Joanne O’Reilly and Shaunsy Coyle to the mix, and the scene is set for a night of politically incorrect, side-splitting laughter! And buckets of tears too, as Brian Foster once again gives us his unique take on Derry working class ‘life and death’ humour.