This bi-lingual (English/Irish) play was staged in a dramatic natural amphitheatre in the sand dunes of Belmullet, Co. Mayo. Lizzie Lavelle attracted audiences from all over the country who came to see action careen from 100ft high sand cliffs with the backdrop of the Iniskea Islans and the wild Atlantic.. The colourful, fun and irreverent show delighted audiences of all ages.

"ON THE MULLET PENINSULA, IN A TIME THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, LIVED TWO TOWNLANDS AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER FOR NO GOOD REASON EXCEPT IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WHEN THE DAYS GOT LONGER. EMLYCLOugh NORTH AND EMLYCLOugh SOUTH WERE THE NAMES OF THOSE TWO WARRING TRIBES. I'LL TELL YOU, THEY HATED EACH OTHER DOWN TO A MAN. EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE ODDLY EXCEPTIONAL CASE. ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW A PERSON CAN GET SO FIERCELY LOVEY DOVEY OVER A PERSON PLAYING FOR THE
OTHER TEAM. “

Cast:
Paul Connaughton, Niamh Daly, Eamonn Hunt
Lisa Lambe, Cillain O'Donnachadha, Noni Stapleton, Stephen Swift
Plus Community cast from the Phoenix Players

Watch
Lizzie Lavelle and the Vanishing of Emlyclough
movie clip

Production Designers:
Set Design ... Sinead O' Hanlon
Original Music... Sam Jackson
Costume Design... Sinead Cuthbert & Therese McKeone
Translator ... Fiona Ni Dhuibhir
Make-Up Design ... Lorraine McCrann

The Company:
Kelly Phelan ... Company Administrator
Maura O’Keefe ... Marketing Consultant
Julie Kelleher  ... Assisstant Marketing Consultant
Roy Murray ... Production Coordinator
Irene O’Mara ... Assistant Director/Assistant Production Coordinator
Hannah Solley ... Show Manager
Diarmuid O’Quigley ... Assistant Show manager
Hannah Crouch ... Intern

Further reading on Lizzie Lavelle

* Jo Mangan writes in irish theatre forum
* Rosita Boland writes about Lizzie Lavelle in the Irish Times
* Visit our Myspace to read a blog from the production
* Meet the Family, Jo Mangan talks about Lizzie Lavelle and the Vanishing of Emlyclough