'Shellakybooky' is a comedy which casts a cynical eye over both the current political climate in Hungary and the universal expatriate issue of isolation versus assimilation. When Mar Roache travels from Ireland to Hungary to stay with her sister Brigette Cooney and family, she is impressed by her sister’s seemingly idyllic expat existence. However, a mistress, a graffiti-obsessed son, an anarchist and a gay minister focused on change, all combine to shake the Cooney’s world and expose its fragility as the country’s political problems arrive on their doorstep.
Drama 2014 – Writer/producer of radio drama Strongbow’s Clock - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision supported production with WLRfm . Director: Jim Nolan. 2014 – Writer/producer of radio drama Cake - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision supported production with KCLR 96fm . Director: Jim Nolan. 2014 – Writer/producer of radio drama series The Daffodil - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision supported production with KCLR 96fm . Director: Jim Nolan. 2013 – Rehearsed reading of stageplay ‘The Angel of Szepfalu’ at STERTS Theatre, Cornwall. Runner up in the theatre’s annual One Act Play Prize . Director: Michael Simkins. 2013 – Screenplay ‘The Hole in the Moon’ selected for the Creative Arts England Script Hot House, a screenplay mentorship / development scheme , Writers’ Centre Norwich. 2013 – Writer/producer of radio drama Cow - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision supported production broadcast on KCLR 96fm . Director: Jim Nolan. 2013 – Stageplay ‘Shellakybooky’ one of five plays selected for staged reading with the European Contemporary Drama Review at UEA Drama studio. Director: Adina Levay. 2012 – Rehearsed reading of stageplay Shellakybooky at New Venture Theatre, Brighton as part of the city’s Arts Festival...
