One to watch with the little ones, The Hug is the sixth and final play of our Little Acorns short dramas. Written by Michelle Dennehy, The Hug is a tender story about the flights of fancy a little girl and her grandmother enjoy as they play together.
Commissioned by An Grianán Theatre
Cast
Granny: Gemma Walker-Farren
Nora: Sorcha Shanahan
Written by Michelle Dennehy,
Directed by Karen Quinn
Camera: Charlie Joe Doherty
Lighting: Niall Cranney
Sound recordist and camera operator: Peter Rose
Set design/camera operator: Robert Attewell
Costumes: Anne-Marie Kilfeather
Video Editor: Emory Ramsay
Sound Editor: Reuben Boylan
Captioning: Nicola Burns
Little Acorns animation: Daniel McGarrigle at Rezolve Media
Producer: Patricia McBride
Administration: Helene McMenamin, Laura Ferry
Filmed using equipment kindly funded by the
Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Capacity Building Support Scheme
Recorded at An Grianán Theatre in May 2021.
All rights reserved.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michelle lives in the Sperrin mountains in County Tyrone, and is a passionate environmentalist. She studied English at Oxford University, and holds a Masters degree in Novel Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. Her plays have been performed by theatre groups on both sides of the border, and her poetry has been published in Irish and U.K. journals.
ABOUT LITTLE ACORNS
At the end of January 2021 we put a call out for writers to submit short plays, 5 to 10 minutes long, that we could film and share on our social media platforms. We had over 50 plays submitted and chose 6 in all to turn into short films. The plays were filmed in April and May 2021 an and shared for free online over the summer.
