Production images have been released for the premiere of UK Theatre award-winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery’s new playwith songsTo Have To Shoot Irishmen.
Inspired by the true murder of Irish pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington by a British soldier during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, the new play conjures the shattering impact of those events on his wife and feminist activist Hanna, on William the teenage soldier who guarded Frank, and on Vane the rebellious commander who bears the news of Frank’s death to Hanna.
To Have To Shoot Irishmen is at Omnibus Theatre until 20th October before embarking on tour.
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1. Elinor Lawless as Hanna and the cast -To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
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2. Gerard Kearns as Frank and Robbie O'Neill as William - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
Gerard Kearns as Frank and Robbie O'Neill as William - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro 029
3. Elinor Lawless as Hanna and Russell Richardson as Vane - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
Elinor Lawless as Hanna and Russell Richardson as Vane - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro 022
4. Russell Richardson as Vane and Elinor Lawless as Hanna - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
Russell Richardson as Vane and Elinor Lawless as Hanna - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro 033
5. Robbie O'Neill as William - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
Robbie O'Neill as William - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro 012
6. Gerard Kearns as Frank and Russell Richardson as Vane - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro
Gerard Kearns as Frank and Russell Richardson as Vane - To Have To Shoot Irishmen - Photo by Mike Massaro 016
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