“A Night in November” a one-man play
October 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$30.00
The sectarian prejudices of 1994 Northern Ireland are challenged in an arena even more impassioned than politics: football. This brilliant and piercingly funny one-man play demonstrates how tolerance is possible even in the face of our most entrenched rivalries…. Alan Smyth gives an electrifying performance of this compelling, comic, and profoundly hopeful story.
The multi-award-winning play, set in Northern Ireland, centers on Kenneth McCallister, a bored protestant dole clerk who, after witnessing the hatred and bigotry of his own community, sets out on a voyage of discovery and redemption. Racism, sectarianism, belonging, and soccer collide in this often hilarious and deeply moving examination of unconscious bias, and national identity.
Written by Marie J0nes and featuring Alan Smyth, this brilliant and piercingly funny one-man play demonstrates how tolerance is possible even in the face of our most entrenched rivalries. Tim Redmond directs the production. This performance is presented in partnership with CIACLA.
“A very funny, poignant, dark, passionate and political exploration of two traditions and two tribes and one man’s desire to reconcile his internal divisions, A Night in November mixes polemic and observation onto a rich, rewarding and provocative piece of theatre” – The Sunday Tribune
“Riotously, gloriously funny…a capering, manic joy that is utterly captivating” – Sunday Independent
This brilliant and piercingly funny one-man play is performed by acclaimed Irish actor Alan Smyth. Alan has appeared in every major theatre in Ireland, played at Lincoln Center, New York; The Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC; and at The Opera in Cairo, Egypt.
Alan is delighted to be taking ‘A Night in November’ on the road after a hugely successful run in Los Angeles in 2022. You can see what LA audiences said about the show right here.
