THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE

About the show

Don’t miss Yael Stone and Noni Hazlehurst in the savagely funny hit play The Beauty Queen of Leenane. In a small Irish town in the hills of Connemara, Maureen Folan lives a lonely existence with Mag, her aged mother. Their relationship is more arm wrestle than warm embrace. Now, when Maureen stands a chance at romance and escape, Mag’s cantankerous influence must be dealt with. This play was the first big hit for Martin McDonagh who went on to pen the Broadway and West End hits The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore, as well as acclaimed films such as In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. On both stage and screen he combines a biting insight into humanity’s dark side with a devilish sense of humour. STC’s Associate Director Paige Rattray (Black is the New White) leads an incredible cast including Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Noni Hazlehurst (Ladies in Black, Channel 7’s A Place to Call Home), Hamish Michael (How to Rule the World) and Shiv Palekar (The Real Thing). By turns darkly comic and devastating, The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a gripping theatrical experience that will have you gasping and laughing in equal measure.