Set in the mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, the play tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely Irish woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s terrifying dénouement.
From the pen of highly acclaimed, Martin McDonagh – Writer and Director of Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri and The Cripple of Inishmaan – performed by STAG last year – The Beauty Queen of Leenane is sure to grab you, and not let go.