2012
An Grianán Theatre Productions
A Bag of Queens was part of a series of shows by Little John Nee featuring the character Sparkplug Callaghan, a musical odyssey that races along with Little John’s trademark comic storytelling style, exploring themes of random acts of kindness, responsibility, loneliness, greed and creative expression, in a gentle and fun way.
A favour for a friend leads Sparkplug to an old grocery and hardware shop at a country crossroads. Inside he discovers a lost treasure of consumer items that now assume a very different meaning and value. When he visits the elderly shopkeeper in a retirement home he is cast off in an adventure to a city that’s tearing itself apart for want of more ‘stuff.
The show is about human relationships and it gives children an appreciation and connection with the lives of older people as well as offering a view of being “a fish out of water” and what it is like to be “different” in a new community.
Suitable for children ages 7+
Tour Dates 2012
Mon 1 Oct
12 PM
Edinagh National School
Tues 2 Oct
11 AM and 1 PM
Methodist Hall, Ardara
Wed 3 Oct
11.15 AM and 1.15 PM
Inver Community Centre
Thurs 4 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
St McCartan’s National School
Fri 5 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
St Brigid’s Community Hall, Ballintra
Tues 9 Oct
10 AM
Ionad an Chrois Bhealaigh
Árainn Mhór
Wed 10 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
Ionad Naomh Patrick
Fri 12 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
An tSeanbiaric, Falcarragh
Tues 16 & 17 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
Regional Cultural Centre
Wed 17 Oct
10 and 12 at RCC
Wed 24 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
Balor Arts Centre
Thurs 25 Oct
10 AM and 12 PM
Alley Theatre
Fri 2 Nov
12 PM and 3 PM
An Grianán Theatre
This project was part-financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.
