For thirty years now the Irish Theatre Players have enjoyed the distinction of being the only amateur theatre group in Australia that specialises in Irish plays.

Starting with our first production of Sean O’Casey’s, Juno and the Paycock, in 1981, directed by Bill Motherway, the group has gone on to produce classics of Irish theatre from: J.M. Synge to Brendan Behan; Brian Friel to Hugh Leonard; J.B. Keane to Roddy Doyle; Joseph O’Connor to Martin McDonagh; with a bit of Joyce, Beckett and Yeats thrown in for good measure, and many, many more.

We are proud of our achievements over the last three decades and continue to be proud of what we produce.

It is a testament to the literary output of Ireland and the commitment of the ex-pat Irish in Perth, and the Australians with a connection to Irish culture or sense of ‘craic’, that the Irish Theatre Players continue to evolve and achieve the high level of quality productions we are now renowned for.

Come along and enjoy our shows; we do it for the love of drama, and Irish drama in particular. If you desire to be elated, shocked, devastated, horrified, cracked up, and all in equal measure... there is no better theatre group than the Irish Theatre Players to provide the range of human experience that only great drama can provide...

We are currently in rehearsals for Translations by Brian Friel, be sure to catch this classic of Irish Drama.

Translations by Brian Friel is widely, and rightly, regarded as both Friel’s masterpiece and as the most significant Irish play of the last fifty years. First produced by the Field Day Theatre Company in Derry, Northern Ireland, the play was an instant success, coming as it did during one of the most turbulent years of ‘the troubles’, 1980. Friel famously stated that the play is, “about language and only language”; however the political themes are impossible to ignore.

The play focuses on a small rural community in the fictional Baile Beag, Co. Donegal (where many of Friel’s plays are set), in the year 1833. The locals are introduced to two British officers, sent from London, whose job it is to map the Irish landscape and translate all the Irish place names into English. As the play progresses to its inevitable and tragic conclusion the audience are exposed to a humane and poignant treatment of the effects of colonisation and the human tragedy they produce.

Friel’s skilful and humorous writing is treated with tenderness and sympathy by the I.T.P. as they bring to you what is ultimately a story about who we are as people, or peoples, and how underneath all the various flags and banners, we are ultimately the same: men and women trying to live a full and decent life.

Be sure to catch this wonderful production and enjoy the famous Irish welcome and hospitality that the I.T.P. is now renowned for.

Look forward to seeing you at our theatre soon,

Ivan Motherway, President, Irish Theatre Players

 
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COMMITTEE

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SECRETARY -  Stan O'Neil
TREASURER  - Sean Haining
MEMBERSHIP - Lucy Motherway
COMMITTEE - Stephen Grant
COMMITTEE - Ginger Milne
COMMITTEE - Phyllis Graham
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