Catholic crime-fighters Eamon de Valera and Li'l Charlie McQuaid are faced with both a stranded Santa Claus and a festive fascist uprising led by the fiendish supervillain,The Blue Hood

Cast
Eamon de Valera: John Morton
Li'l Charlie: Kelly Shatter
Santa Claus: Finbarr Doyle
The Blue Hood: Meg Healy
The Narrator/Eamon Action Figure: Tony Cantwell
Lord Haw-Haw: John Dennehy
Pope Pius XII: Stephen Considine
Topless Limerick Hooligan/Deirdre Quinn: Kate Murray
Father/Young Priest: Eoin Lyons
Passerby/Sexy Dream Lady: Amy Dunne
Dimples the Elf: Laura Brady

Written & directed by Peter McGann
Poster by Sean Clancy
Sound mix by Kevin Brennan

Performed on December 3rd 2018 in the Workman's Club

Revenge Of The Blue Hood

The sheriff of Reinvention finds keeping the peace tougher than usual when a figure from the past he’d sooner forget rides into town, thirsty for vengeance.

Sam Stride: John Dennehy
Ranown: Kate Murray
The Commodore: Tony Cantwell
Miss Abilene / Screaming woman: Amy Dunne
Tess Sirico: Meg Healy
Drunky: John Morton
Marshal Bill / bank clerk: Eoin Lyons
Ben Teague / Dutch: Finbarr Doyle
Tector Teague: Stephen Considine
Mrs. Calloway: Laura Brady

Written & directed by Peter McGann
Poster by Sean Clancy
Sound mix by Kevin Brennan

Performed on December 3rd 2018 in the Workman's Club

Showdown At Reinvention

Shut-Her Island is home to the most impregnable workhouse in Ireland, so when it mysteriously loses radio contact with the mainland, suspicions are raised. The Vatican’s top detectives, Eamon “Devil May Care” de Valera and his plucky boy-ward, Li’l Charlie McQuaid, are dispatched undercover as fallen women to investigate.

Eamon de Valera - John Morton
Li'l Charlie McQuaid - Kelly Shatter
Baxter Bixby/Peigeen - Finbarr Doyle
Pope Pius XII - Stephen Considine
Dolores Swann/Carly - Ali Fox
Cardinal Leland Stockwell/Narrator/Italian taxi driver - Tony Cantwell
Sister Frances/Townsperson - Malachy McKeever
Cindy/Townsperson 2 - Aoife Spratt
Stacy - Amy Dunne
Brittany/Young Priest - Roxanna Nic Liam

Written & directed by Peter McGann
Poster by Sean Clancy
Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan
Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club

Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco
Music used in show - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper

Shut-Her Island

Career criminal Johnny Burnett steps out of a ten-year stint into a world that has moved on quicker than he can handle. He promises his girl Gwen he’s going straight, but the lure of his biggest caper yet is too much to resist.

Johnny Burnett - Tony Cantwell
Gwen - Amy Dunne
Brannigan - Roxanna Nic Liam
The Professor//Radio Presenter/Customer - Aoife Spratt
Eddie Tayback/Doctor - Ali Fox
Red McLure/Judge - Finbarr Doyle
Dermot - Stephen Considine
O'Doole/Mickey/Jeweller - Malachy McKeever
Vic Renda/Armoured Car Guard/Police Dispatcher/Mel - John Morton
Leo - Kelly Shatter
Written & directed by Peter McGann
Poster by Sean Clancy
Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan
Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club
Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco
Music used in show 
The Asphalt Jungle by Miklós Rózsa 
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper

Heroes Die First

Erstwhile Catholic crime-fighting team Eamon (John Morton) & Li’l Charlie (Kelly Shatter) are in their own separate races against time to solve a sinister Satanic murder, putting them on a collision course with a coven of deadly witches (Wren Dennehy, Amy Dunne, Laura Brady).

Cast
John Morton as Eamon de Valera
Kelly Shatter as Li’l Charlie McQuaid
Kevin McGahern as Cardinal Buck McCoy
Hannah Mamalis as Li’l Charlie II
Wren Dennehy as the High Priestess
Stephen Considine as Pope Pius XII
Finbarr Doyle as Bram Stoker/Secretary/James Connolly
Laura Brady as Elaine
Amy Dunne as Allegra/Mrs. Foley
Tony Cantwell as Brendan Foley/Dracula

Written & directed by Peter McGann 
Poster designed by Sean Clancy
Sound and lighting by Denis Buckley

Performed on October 22nd in the Workman's Club, Dublin

Eamon de Valera & the She-Devils of Belmullet

A lost young lady (Amy Dunne) shows up at the door of Lockheart Manor one dark and stormy night. Charles Lockheart (Tony Cantwell) claims it’s only he and his butler Cheswick (Wren Dennehy) on the property. But who’s that small child she sees on the top floor? All is not as it seems, and then after that even less is as it seems.

Hannah Mamalis as Niamh Arden
Finbarr Doyle as Shay Spillane
Kevin McGahern as Ray
Tony Cantwell as Gerry Creighton
Amy Dunne as Phil Gillis
Wren Dennehy as Diarmuid 
Kelly Shatter as Caoimhe Ryan
John Morton as Donie the barman
Stephen Considine as Security Guard
And Laura Brady as Ciara

Written & directed by Peter McGann 
Poster was designed by Sean Clancy
Sound and lighting by Denis Buckley

The Haunting of the Shay Spillane Players

Hollywood, 1950. Peggy White, the first female detective in the LAPD, is recruited into the elite Vice Squad under her hero, Lieutenant Cole Holland to help smash a mysterious porn ring.

Hazel Fahy as Peggy White
Finbarr Doyle as Cole Holland
Tony Cantwell as Chesterton/Dean Martin/The Narrator
John Morton as Chief Parker/Sam Zucker
Simone Kelly as Mickey Cohen/Bette Davis
Niamh Gallagher as Grace Dumont
Stephen Colfer as Doctor Herman Mundt/Vice Cop’s butler
Hannah Mamalis as Johnny Stomponato/Reporter
Stephen Considine as Spider Ellington
Kate Murray as Diner waitress/Spider’s model/Vice Cop/Mundt’s nurse 

It was written & directed by Peter McGann
The poster was designed by Sean Clancy

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