The Dresser Wed 12 - Sat 22 Nov (Preview Tue 11) @ 8pm By Ronald Harwood Presented by Skylight Productions Directed by Máirin Prendergast With Alf McCarthy, Conor Dwane, Martina Carroll, David Coon, Lorraine Manley, Kevin O'Meara and Niamh Hatchell. Tickets €25 / €20 / €7 students Mon - Wed Special Offer: €15 Mon 17, Tue 18, Wed 19 Book Online Now! Dinner & Theatre with Greenes Restaurant €44.50 Please book directly with Greenes on 021 455 2279

Following the success of The Odd Couple and 12 Angry Men, Skylights Productions make a welcome return to the Everyman Palace with Ronald Harwood’s classic, The Dresser.

Backstage in a provincial theatre an ageing actor-manager, known to his company as Sir, is struggling to find the strength to make it to the stage for his two hundred and twenty seventh performance of King Lear.

With thirty minutes to curtain-up, air-raid sirens sounding and the best actors having been ‘called up’, Sir is crumbling. Devoted dresser Norman must once again rally the unpredictable star whose grip on sanity is becoming increasingly precarious. For sixteen years Norman has been there to fix Sir’s wig, massage his ego, remind him of his opening lines and help to provide the sound effects for the storm scene on the blasted heath.

Inspired by the memories of his years working as Donald Wolfit's dresser, Ronald Harwood's evocative, perceptive and hilarious portrait of backstage life is one of the most acclaimed dramas of modern theatre.

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