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Longford's Backstage Theatre Group announce cast for Spring production

The line up for Backstage Theatre Group's Spring production of 'The Snapper' has been announced. The Longford town theatre group took to social media to give details of the cast. The role of Sharon Rabbitte is portrayed by Niamh Hanley, while her ...

23 Dec 2023 at 13:00

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Skewed demand levels hitting Longford's private housing market

Gerard Brady, senior economist with IBEC, said while the problems facing counties like Longford were not as grave as larger cities like Dublin, the need to provide suitable accommodation for workers was continuing to intensify. Aside from Brexit,...

20 Dec 2018 at 10:00

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Castle Rackrent at the Backstage Theatre: Be part of something special

‘Castle Rackrent’ will be staged in Backstage over three nights in early November. This world-famous text, written in Edgeworthstown, is an exuberant satire of the landlord class who had complete control of land and politics in 18th century ...

21 Jul 2018 at 16:00

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Ballyleague pianist to take centre stage for special pre-Christmas piano treat

Ballyleague pianist Peter Regan is back again to perform a piano extravaganza in Backstage Theatre Longford this Friday, December 13 at 8pm. The local talent is hot off the heels of a series of concerts in London, Madrid, Andalusia, Galway ...

11 Dec 2019 at 14:00

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Powerful dance act set for Longford's Backstage Theatre tomorrow

This powerful new dance, featuring a cast of outstanding Irish and international performers and musicians, delves into the world of ‘the other’ to try understand and tear down the walls and borders that divide, continuing in Young’s ...

14 Mar 2018 at 12:00

Arts & Entertainment

There's a Grand Stretch in the evenings for theatre in Longford

Grand Stretch is an improvisation-based arts company, set up by Darren Yorke, and inspired by the quintessentially Irish idiom ‘There’s a grand stretch in the evenings’. “The phrase is generally heard as Spring turns to Summer, and ...

10 Nov 2017 at 13:00

Arts & Entertainment

Longford's Backstage Theatre Group present 'Bookworms'

Bookworms tells the story of how Book Club hostess Ann is struggling to stay calm, desperate to deliver the perfect evening of literary classics and late night canapes. But when the all-female group invite their husbands to join ...

31 Jan 2018 at 18:00

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Young Longford actor James Quinn for Abbey Theatre performance

James will be taking part in a five-week professional residential schedule and the costs involved are not small. “The National Youth Theatre are very generous in that when you go to do the production, all expenses are paid. But ...

13 Jul 2017 at 17:54

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James Joyce in the Backstage Theatre

The Backstage Theatre will welcome the Performance Corporation’s ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce at the end of February for the only midlands performance of its nationwide tour. ‘The Dead’ has been taking the country by storm with ...

15 Feb 2017 at 15:44

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Calendar Girls: a date not to be missed in Longford

“I think everybody knows the story really well, it's been a fantastic movie, based on a true story,” Janice Gibney says of Backstage Theatre Group's Spring production of Calendar Girls. Tim Firth’s play is based on the true ...

02 Mar 2025 at 18:56

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