About the production
Written & Directed by: Gerard Stembridge
Music by: John Dunne
Authors Note:
Yes I played in the schoolboy leagues in Limerick. I even got the Club Man of the Year awards with Pike Rovers (which meant I wasn’t much good but I was always there and enthusiastic). I failed to be selected at the freshers trial in UCD (where someone said to me that at least I talked a good game of soccer). The only time I ever seemed to get it right was when I supported Chelsea against Leeds in the FA Cup final of 1970. That was a year after I saw my first international, and watched Hungary beat us 2-1 at Dalymount. We ‘got a result’ as we used to say then.
Then after 20 years of international watching as the team matured along with myself, I sat in Lansdowne Road on a beautiful summer’s day in 1989 and saw Ireland beat Hungary with relative ease, on their way to the World Cup in Italy. It was truly a full circle. I knew then what could be done. It all happened well within a generation. A team can change. People can change. I take pleasure in that fact and I think it’s worth singing about.
-Gerard Stembridge
Cast List
- Noreen - Carita Owens
- Aaron - Rachel Walsh
- Jane - Kate McSweeney
- Louise - Roseanne Smith
- Marie Anne - Seona Ní Bhriain
- Darryl - Gliondar Ní Ghloinn
- Maeve - Mary-Ann Bolger
- Amanda - Eileen McGee
- Julie - Marie McFadden
- Tim - Andrew Lovern
- Declan - Peter Butler
- Alex - Alan King
- Dylan - Paddy Shirley
- Roger - Mark Canavan
- Harry - Shane Hagan
- Roy - Neil Watkins
- Charles - David Kelly
Crew List
- Set/Costume Design: Connie Dowling
- Design Assistant: Ruth Hosty
- Lighting Design: Tony Wakefield
- Choreography: Ciarán Gray
- Piano: John Dunne
- Percussion: Robert Harris
- Assistant Director: Louise Drumm
- Voice Training: John White
- Stage Manager: Anne Richardson
- Assistant Stage Manager: Eamonn Fox
- Set Construction: Don Dempsey
- Set Construction: Roger Boardman
- Costume Construction: Joanne Connell
- Costume Construction Assistance: Louise Broe
- Costume Construction Assistance: Maura Howe
- Props: Rowena Kelly
- Props: Louise Loughman
- Lighting Operator: Jean O'Dwyer
- Follow Spots: Shane Mullins
- Follow Spots: Jim Cullen
- Sound Operator: Derek O'Connor
- Production Team Mascot: Simon Maxwell
- Administration: Emer McGowan
- Administration Assisted by: Aedin Cosgrove
- Publicist: Madeline Boughton
- Photography: Joe St. Ledger
- Graphic Design: Val Mercier
- Sponsorship: Paul O'Connor