Love, lust and laughs at Westport Town Hall

The Acorn Players from Mohill, Co Leitrim, will stage the comedy ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ in the Town Hall Theatre Westport this Saturday, January 16.
Written by Jimmy Keary from Rathowen, Co Westmeath, and set in rural Ireland, the play follows the fate of a middle-aged bachelor farmer, who lives with his elderly mother. Gabriel has been unlucky in love many times, much to his mother’s frustration. She thinks she’ll never get rid of him. Then he meets upmarket Hazel Myers and joins the posh drama group in the nearby town in order to romance her.
Meanwhile, the farmer is unaware that Chrissie McCabe – a cheerful country woman, who comes in to help him and his mother – fancies him. By the time Chrissie makes her feelings known, Hazel is already attracted to Gabriel and has plans for his farm.
Mohill Acorn Players have been playing to full houses all over the Northwest and they are really looking forward to bringing the production to Westport.
The directors and driving force behind The Acorn Players are Anella McGuinness and Padraig McLoughlin, both of whom have main parts in this funny comedy.

Tickets for ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ are now on sale online at www.westporttheatre.com and at the theatre box office (098 28459, 12pm to 6pm).