Wild Productions
Irene Kelleher (above) graduated from UCC with a first class honours masters degree in Advanced Performance Practice and went onto further training with Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts where she played Isabella in Measure for Measure. She has won multiple awards for her acting in productions such as The Playboy of the Western World (Pegeen Mike) and Disco Pigs (Runt) (Mace Actor of the Year 2011) and Bettey in A Whistle In The Dark directed by Tim Coffey. Irene's performance as 15 year old Maria in Stars in the Morning Sky at the Belgrade Theatre in the Uk in 2013 was critically acclaimed. February 2014 saw Irene perform with Mary McEvoy in Ailis Ni Riain's play Desolate Heaven at Cork's Everyman Palace. Irene's fiilm Outside The Box in which she performs Selina, won Best Irish Short Film at the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival in May 2013
Mary and Me
The trailer
MARY AND ME Written & Performed by Irene Kelleher Directed by Belinda Wild.
**Bobby Award Nominated show**- Brighton Fringe 2017
BROADWAY BABY★★★★★
THE ARGUS- BRIGHTON ★★★★★
Inspired by a true story. Ireland, 1986 and a fifteen year old girl dies giving birth at a grotto. An original and sometimes humorous imagining of a young woman’s search for understanding in a conversation with the statue of the Virgin Mary.
“It’s many writers’ dream to have their first play be as good as this…Kelleher pulls it off perfectly. Not only is she a brilliant performer, whose commanding energy fills the space, but she is also an exceptionally talented writer, having penned a script with an abundance of character that builds a world around Hannah so vividly it could succeed in any space.”- BROADWAY BABY ★★★★★
"Despite the dark subject matter, this superbly crafted piece wasn't maudlin. A moving and important tragedy.”THE ARGUS- BRIGHTON ★★★★★
“A powerful and moving production.” “A gripping and absorbing one woman show” THE PUBLIC REVIEWS ★★★★
*Although inspired by a true story, this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places and events are the product of the playwright's imagination. Duration: 70 minutes - no interval
THE ARGUS- BRIGHTON
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"Despite the dark subject matter, this superbly crafted piece wasn't maudlin.”
“A moving and important tragedy.”
THE STAGE 🌟🌟🌟🌟
"Written and performed with huge delicacy and skill...
Mary and Me is a beautiful, one-woman show...
Mary and Me is a moving new play, with a fantastic performance from Kelleher, who also marks herself out as a writer to watch...
Moving one-woman show sensitively written and deftly performed by promising Irene Kelleher.
THE PUBLIC REVIEWS 🌟🌟🌟🌟
“A powerful and moving production.”
“A gripping and absorbing one woman show”
EDINBURGH GUIDE 🌟🌟🌟🌟
"Kelleher’s performance is riveting..
she wrings every emotion from her own script in this outstanding solo show...
Clever, simple staging and excellent sound design provide atmosphere.
You could not pray to see much better in this Fringe."
ONE-SCENE-ONE REVIEWS
"Kelleher is magnificently talented....
Her naturalistic portrayal is heart-wrenching."
... Mary and Me appeals to every compassionate theatre lover...
A compelling performance of gripping new writing based on a true story."
