Caption Jon Kenny and Mary McEvoy star in The Matchmaker, coming to Mullingar Arts Centre this November 27.

A treat for theatre goers in the matchmaker

The much loved Mary McEvoy and Jon Kenny return to the Mullingar Arts Centre this November with The Matchmaker.

Based on the novella Letters of a County Matchmaker by John B. Keane, one of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, will play at the Mullingar Arts Centre on Friday November 27.

Directed by Michael Scott this production stars television favourite and star of the stage Mary McEvoy known, and actor and comedian Jon Kenny.

Together they play a myriad of characters in this hilarious and earthy dramatic comedy.

The drama follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn.

Keane, an avid observer of people and the cultures that bind and create their view of the world uses The Matchmaker as an exploration of rural loneliness.

Aware that generations of people became masters of their own destinies late in life, and only then began to look for companionship and love, once their duties as minder of aging parents were concluded or they had finally inherited, or were the left over brother or sister.

Using his inimitable way with words and his one sense of “devilment” and wit, Keane delves into the longings, hungers, fears and foibles of this collection of lonely county people and creates a marvellously colourful world, taking us back to a simpler time, when phones were few and far between and the only web was one left behind by spiders.

- Tickets for The Matchmaker are €18/€15 and are available from the Mullingar Arts Centre by calling 044-934-7777 or online at www.mullingarartscentre.ie