Castel Gandolfo wows Waterford

Waterford stars of stage took their hometown by storm with a sellout production of Castel Gandolfo, the new play by local writer Jim Nolan (Moonshine, The Salvage Shop). The Four Rivers production, directed by Ben Barnes, was staged at Garter Lane Arts Centre.
The play, which revolves around the cataclysmic exposure of a Waterford family’s deepest and most secret wounds, starred Carrie Crowley and Michael Power along with Garrett Lombard, Sarah Madigan and Elishka Lane.
Thrilled to be back on stage again in her native Waterford, Carrie received recent universal acclaim as Eibhlín Cinnin in the film ‘An Cailín Ciúin’, shortlisted in the 2022 foreign film category of the Oscars, for which she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the IFTAs.
Waterford’s Michael Power’s theatre credits include The Good Thief (Theatre Royal Waterford), Dreamland, (Garter Lane Art Centre), 1916 Musical, (No Place Like Home), Othello, (Theatre Royal Waterford), Macbeth, (Theatre Royal Waterford), King Richard 2, (Peacock/Abbey), The Country Girls, (Red Kettle Theatre Co.) and Dreamland, (National Tour.)

Jim Nolan 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.