On Saturday, 06th February 2016 at 7:30pm, Skryne GFC will welcome playwrights John Corless and Liam Horan to Skryne Hall to present their highly acclaimed play ‘The Pull’. The play will run in conjunction with a Tea Party. Price per person is €20. For further details contact any member of the Skryne GFC committee. Click here to view contact details.
The Pull
The Pull is a lively comedy based on an “unreal real event that may or not have taken place in rural Ireland,” according to Liam. It is set in the fictional town of Ballybore, where, bizarrely, the local GAA club claim to pre-date the foundation of the GAA by some 130 years.
“It’s about a GAA club that runs into some financial trouble, but it’s not nearly as big a deal as they think. Basically, Ballybore GAA club are only €1,000 in debt but it feels like €1m to the main people involved in the club. They set about trying to solve the problem and decide to pull a truck around their home town to raise money and get themselves in the Guinness Book of Records. Chaos ensues and they end up getting in way over their heads”, explained Liam.
Instead of the whole club rallying around the event, matters are left ‘to the usual one or two, really just one’. Things don’t really go according to plan – in fact, it might be said that the actual plan itself is not the most convincing document ever produced.
In the midst of the panic and the unconventional attempts at fundraising, there are a number of other sub-plots for the audience to enjoy.
