The Star of Chester’s Lane

Category: Theatre
Role: 
Lighting Designer
Venue: 
Irish National Tour
Director: 
Anna Louise Simpson
Production: Quintessence Theatre Company

THE STAR OF CHESTER’S LANE is an original comedy that breathes bawdy new life into Irish history and uproariously celebrates the great tradition of the storyteller. The 2021 version is a revival touring in 8 venues across Ireland in partnership with An Táin Arts Centre.

Kate McGrath was a navvy by name and navvy by nature:Navvy, hawker, drunkard, comedienne, trailblazer, and tale-teller. An Irish woman well beyond her time, she loved, and laughed, and lived a fascinating and colourful existence, packing several lifetimes of adventures into her 60 years as one of Ireland’s most infamous residents. Kate the Navvy: the Molly Malone of County Louth.

Photos by Israel Del Barco.