Winner of best Short Play in 123 Festival of Drama Co. Waterford 2010

A short play for four to five adults.  Set in an urban coffee shop in the late afternoon or early evening, Rod a goodlooking man in his forties sits chatting to a very attractive woman called Lea, who is obviously Eastern European, denoted by her accent.  An older Irish couple, Pat and Mary, sit at a nearby table and nosily eavesdrop on the other couple's conversation.

A full length play for a mixed age cast of 5 people (2 women and 3 men.)  Widower Tommy Mooney has been the maintenance man at Riversfield House for most of his working life and lives close by in a cottage on the estate.  His daughter Judith works as a maid in the house, but lives in.  The lady of the house, Mrs Cusack, is a widow and is very good friends with the bishop who is a regular caller.

More Wine Darling

There are many commentaries on working class dysfunctional families, but finding similar themes in a comfortable Irish middle class environment is rare.  In More Wine Darling Hank Regan has painted a very funny picture of a modern Irish family with relationship difficulties.

Paddy is at home with his leg in a cast having fallen off a roof.  His married daughter is having an affair with her plumber and is totally distracted.

Only When I’m Not Working (One Man Show – Short Play - Drama)

As an actor you are only ever as good as your last performance and New York ‘movie star’ Peter Moore has been dining out on his last role reviews for some time now.  During this short one man play we get a glimpse of the precarious and wildly unstable world of the actor and also perhaps the personal delusion needed to survive the industry of illusion.

God Rest His Soul  (Comedy)

Where there’s a will there’s usually a dead relative!   Jim and Mick are brothers of the recently deceased Ned, and are determined not to let his grieving widow Mary Jo sail off into the sunset with the spoil from her dead husband’s estate.   During the funeral it emerges that Jim and Mick executed a cunning plan just before poor Ned ‘died’ to ensure a favourable will.

You Make Your Bed  (Drama)

28 year old Sally appears to have it all, at least by modern day standards anyway.  She has a good job and a solid boyfriend in Mick, who gets on really well with her parents, owns a very successful business and is head over heels in love with her.  He wants to get married but Sally is bored and enjoys the attention of a good looking co worker, but also a man with a reputation, Paul Swift.

When Are You Going Back?  (Short Play – Dark Comedy - Easily Adapted for Radio)

Ben and Eddie were childhood friends but once out of school they both took different paths and subsequently lost touch.  Ben stayed in the small town where they grew up, became a barber, opened his own business and married a local girl.  Eddie was lured across the channel to England.  As a teenager Eddie showed signs of becoming a professional ‘chancer’ and amounting to very little.

The Right Aptitude – A Short Play

John and Nicky are both middle aged, but polar opposites.  John is calm, confident, owns his own business and his own home and would be considered a success in Irish society.  Nicky, on the other hand, lives in a council house, has spent most of his life on social welfare and is currently on a FAS course learning yet another skill that he thoroughly dislikes.

What Do You Expect? – A very funny comedy

By the early noughties Ireland had undergone massive changes in a very short period of time.  It was suddenly one of the richest countries in Europe and held up as a beacon of prosperity for all the world to admire.  The indigenous population were challenged by inward migration; a certain shock to a country that only ever saw its people leave.

The Prognosis (A short sketch)

When a patient comes to see a doctor the assumption is always that it is the patient who is sick and in need of some help.  In ‘The Prognosis’ such an assumption is turned upside down and we are treated to a very interesting proposition of a patient diagnosing illness in the health worker.  We watch as the Doctor’s confidence in his own personal health and knowledge decreases the more he interacts with his patient.

Nice to See You, But I’ve Only…….  (A short sketch)

With the enforcement of the smoking ban in the workplace some pubs have created smoking areas for their patrons but many do not have the space.  For many town centre pubs smokers continue to congregate just outside the door.  In this sketch daytime drinker Cha steps outside the pub for a cigarette.  Lark, who is on his lunch break, passes by at the same time and out of courtesy stops briefly to say hello.