Verdant in association with MCD present
3 HAIL MARY’S
By Tommy Marren
The Olympia Theatre
Tuesday 14th to Sunday 19th April 2020 - POSTPONED
Tuesday 1st to Sunday 6th June 2021 - NEW DATES
**RESCHEDULED**
Verdant in association with MCD is pleased to announce The Olympia Theatre performances of 3 Hail Mary’s are being rescheduled to 2021, please retain your tickets which we will valid as follows:
Set in an Irish nursing home in 2016, ‘3 Hail Mary’s' is a must-see rip-roaring comedy that will have you in tears of laughter.
Tickets priced from €27 inclusive of booking fee & €1 restoration levy are on sale NOW via Ticketmaster.ie
The fees for this event include a €1.00 restoration levy. The restoration levy will allow The Olympia Theatre to invest in maintaining and enhancing the theatre to ensure that it continues to consistently deliver the highest quality experience for theatre goers, actors, performers & producers.
Under 14's must be accompanied by an adult, Over 18's ID required to gain access to the bars where alcohol is served.
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Approximate times as follows:
Evening shows - doors open 7pm, show starts 8pm, there will be a 20 minute interval, with the show over around 10.50pm
Matinee shows - doors open 2pm, show starts 3pm, there will be a 20 minute interval, with the show over around 5.50pm
Please note, times are approximate and subject to change as always.
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By Tommy Marren, writer of the highly-acclaimed comedies ‘It’s The Real McCoy’ and ‘Nobody’s Talking To Me’, the play centres around three characters – namely Mary O’Toole, Mary O’Neill and Mary O’Brien.
The three Mary’s have lived in this nursing home for over ten years and have become great friends. However, due to circumstances beyond their control, they are being moved to three separate nursing homes and the play is set around their last few hours together.
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Mary O’Toole is a very religious character who has great devotion to Our Lady of Knock. Mary O’Neill is a Londoner who met and subsequently married a Kerry man and moved to Ireland. Mary O’Brien is a retired nurse who has travelled to almost every corner of the world!
With dozens of hilarious one-liners the play moves with pace throughout as the three Mary’s laugh, cry, argue, sing, dance and recount their life experiences. From statues to fishing rods, a would-be music composer, an enthusiastic and very posh ‘volunteer’ and a very frustrated nursing home owner this play has everything!
You can expect a number of twists throughout and the play finishes with all three Mary’s performing an original song written by Tommy Marren entitled ‘I’m Really Still The Same’ which is written from the perspective of a person who has dementia asking loved ones to treat them the same as they always did.
Without exception the productions has received standing ovations from audiences who are captivated by the characters and the story.
With dementia so prevalent in Ireland this is a play that is as much thought provoking as it is funny and the script has been meticulously crafted to ensure that it is sensitive and compassionate to the subject of memory loss.
3 Hail Mary’s really is a play that entertains and educates……
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