Booking now open for Castel Gandolfo by Jim Nolan


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Booking has now opened for the premiere in October of Four Rivers’ Castel Gandolfo by Jim Nolan at Garter Lane Arts Centre. Directed by Ben Barnes, it opens Friday, October 4th, running until Saturday October 19th.

Jim was the founding Artistic Director of Red Kettle Theatre Company for whom he directed more than twenty productions. He is a former Writer in Association at the Abbey Theatre and Theatre Artist in Residence at Garter Lane Arts Centre. His plays, including Moonshine, The Salvage Shop, Blackwater Angel, Sky Road, Brighton, Dreamland and Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, have been presented throughout Ireland, in the UK, the US and Canada. Jim has worked as a writer and director with some of Ireland’s leading theatre companies, including Field Day, Rough Magic and the Abbey Theatre. Jim has won several awards for his work, including Sunday Independent Play of the Year for The Salvage Shop and Irish Times Theatre Awards Best New Play nominations for The Salvage Shop and Dreamland. Jim’s play, The Red Iron, opened at Garter Lane Theatre in November 2019. He is a member of Aosdána and his plays are published by Gallery Press.

Tickets for Castel Gandolfo are available at Garter Lane Arts Centre box office.