ONCE A CATHOLIC a comedy by Mary O’Malley (a joint production with Poynton High School Performing Arts College)
Poynton Players are working in partnership with Poynton High School Performing Arts College for this production
3 - 8 December December 2007
Once a Catholic follows the exploits of class 5a at the Covent of Our Lady of Fatima grammar school during their O levels. But can they make it through the year with their regulation underwear and their sanity intact? It’s a tough job – they have to cope with confused sermons about limbo, unforgiving sex education lessons and the impure temptations of Elvis Presley.
In many ways, Mary O’Malley’s play is based on caricature and exaggeration. The adult characters are larger than life; masochistic nuns, doddering old priests and cantankerous music teachers with gammy legs all make an appearance. However, a lot of the comedy – and much of the rhetoric – comes from the ways that the three main characters deal with this backdrop. They are forced to reconcile a strict Catholic upbringing with a world that doesn’t quite fit with their teachings – and each copes differently.
A most telling and funny piece of theatre, it casts a caustic eye upon the young girls’ growing awareness of the world.
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