Mary-Frances Doherty Actress & Theatre Maker
Home Sweet Home
Written & performed by Mary-Frances Doherty
Home Sweet Home is a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of a young girls journey and desperate quest to entertain. With cakes at the ready, Mary-Frances Doherty dazzles in this compelling, and at times extremely painful, exploration of the idea of home.
There are three sections to the play: The first looks at Mary-Frances' childhood, growing up in a traditional country Irish home as the youngest of 12, and what her and her 8 sisters and 3 brothers used to do to entertain their guests. The second is about her Dad, the memories she has of him, and her struggle with his illness and eventual death. And the third is about her being a young woman and wanting to have a Home Sweet Home of her own.
Running Time: Approx. 40 minutes
Available for touring!
Full length video of the performance available on request
email or call (+44) 7505730883
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The Guide Liverpool Fringe 2018
‘Best of The Fringe’
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Nominated
Best New Writing
Best Female Performer
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WINNER
Best Design
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'Doherty, in party dress and with a table arrayed with a dozen cakes, induces the audience to join her in choruses of Caledonia and Total Eclipse of the Heart, commences a brief flurry of Irish dancing and intersperses it all with revealing glimpses of a difficult childhood. Whisky is gulped back and the beautiful cakes and strawberries bludgeoned to crumbs and smeared to juice in a temper tantrum
that belies her breezy assertion of everything being fine
and that sure, she can't complain.'
The Scotsman
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Previous Performances:
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Ballyclare Creative Shop
Big Telly Theatre Company
Performance Installation
Saturday 12th August 2018 at 11am-3pm
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81 Renshaw, Liverpool
The Guide Liverpool Fringe
Wednesday 6th June 2018 at 9pm
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Elektra Theatre, New York
Times Square Arts Centre
NEW YORK NEW WORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL: *SEMI-FINALS*
Tuesday 20th September 2016 at 7pm
(Supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Mid & East Antrim Borough Council)
Elektra Theatre, New York
Times Square Arts Centre
NEW YORK NEW WORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL
Wednesday 14th September 2016 at 7pm
Cunshendall Golf Club
Friday 26th August 2016 at 9pm
Drama at Randal's
Cushendun's Big Arts Weekend
Saturday 30th April 2016 at 8pm
The Old Parliament House, Singapore
The Arts House 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Saturday 5th April 2014 at 2pm
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Thursday 10th & Friday 11th June 2010 at 9pm
The Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena
Ballymena Community Arts Festival 2010
Saturday 10th April 2010 at 8pm
The Arches, Glasgow
Tuesday 17th November 2009 at 7.30pm
OMAC (Old Museum Arts Centre), Belfast
Pick ‘n Mix Festival 2009
An Interactive Durational Performance
Friday 19th - Sunday 21st June 2009