The Comer Story (1997)

This was a collaboration between the community of Castlecomer (Co. Kilkenny), Barnstorm Theatre Company and myself.  It was a long slow build from a series of drama/story-telling workshops in early 1996 to the presentation of the finished product in mid-1997.  I actually wrote a completely different "first draft", called The Lacemakers, which was more of a reflection of the workshops we had been holding.  When the group read this draft, they declared in favour of something much more overtly celebratory of the history of the town and district.  I went back to the drawing board and The Comer Story is what emerged:
From Moneenroe to Monawee
From Crutt to Ballycomey
You've never heard a tale until
You've heard the Comer Story.