Every Bottle has a Story to Tell

In their own words it tells, for the first time, the story of some of the city’s most marginalised people- the street drinkers and the homeless and how society treats them.

After both scheduled performances at The Playhouse, on Tuesday, March 26, at 11am and 8pm, booked out within days, a third performance was arranged for 4pm.

“The cast and crew have been overwhelmed by the interest in and support for this project,” said producer Felicity McCall of Handful Productions who are facilitating the play.

“Seats were booked more quickly than for any production I’ve worked on in the last decade. Everyone involved has been motivated by the wish to be, in the Haven’s own words, ‘a part of the city-not apart from it’ and I am confident that this original, challenging and emotive piece of theatre will have a major impact on audiences and challenge perceptions of our own, and others’ relationship with alcohol,” she said.

The project is funded by the Big Lottery’s Culture for All programme and the PHA through the Culture Company, and is supported by DePaul Ireland. It marks the stage debut in an acting role of local stand up comedian and entertainer, Dan McLaughlin.

An anthology of the group’s writing will be published by Guildhall Press later this year.