New Tuam theatre company to launch debut play

A NEWLY formed theatre company, Larking About Theatre Company, will launch its debut play, The Bug, written by theatre founder Owen Ward at The Mall Theatre on Friday December 14. 'It is hoped that this new theatre company will specialise mainly in comedy productions and if the response is good we will host plays regularly at The Mall Theatre,' says Owen.[private] The community activist and member of Tuam Town Council has written this new comedy The Bug and he has written in and acted in several other plays staged in the town in recent years, several of them during the annual Tuam Arts Festival. He says he finished writing his latest play over 12 months ago but then he decided to alter the ending of it. He only made the final changes to the script in recent times and is happy with the results. Owen says the others in the Larking About Theatre Company include Rory O'Connor, Mary O'Connor, Aisling Holian, Mick Silke, Helen Kelly and Noel Farrell. [/private]