Love in the time of OCD
ALL NEW 2024 Spring Tour
Its Been 11 Years since our 1st Show!!!!!
The Tennis Rackets have been Restrung and we are BACK for our 11th Anniversary.
AVAILABLE AND TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2024 TOUR.
2024 Tour | Background | Reviews
MEDAL WINNER 2016 PPI National Radio Award
***** The Herald Scotland
**** The Irish Times
**** Irish Examiner
***** Trip advisor
“Splendid Production and Powerful Performances” – Joe Duffy Presenter RTE
“John Sheehy’s play is a delightful piece, warm, touching and funny” – Emer O’Kelly
“Fred and Alice make wonderful company for each other and for us” – Irish Theatre Magazine
“Whirling Comedy” – The Irish Times
“Inspired” – Irish Examiner
“Please some-one, tour this round Scotland” – The Herald Scotland
“A special piece of work” – Insert Title
With over 180 Performances to date the award winning Fred & Alice is back on tour for 2024
A blistering head wreck played at a hilarious pace!
It’s not easy to get by in this crazy old world is it? But Fred and Alice have discovered that all you really need are 2 tennis rackets, disproportionate reactions to minor accidents, an immature coping strategy and each other.
Fred & Alice is a quirky love story about 2 amazing mischievous characters who meet in a home, fall in love, play rock concerts, move in together, have trouble adjusting, sort it out, all done in their own hilarious way.
It wasn’t really a home but Fred always called it a home because that was where he lived, and if you are not living at home then where are you? It was love at first sight for Alice. Fred didn’t talk to her again for years but then eventually Fred got used to her and it was love at first sight for him too.
From their days in care, to independent living, Fred and Alice negotiate the perils and pitfalls of life and love. Together they create a fantastical world which spills over into a madcap reality when they decide to move in together.
Come see this joyous celebration of individuality.
CallBack theatre would like to acknowledge the support of The Arts Council in making the 2016 tour of Fred & Alice possible
Background
Fred & Alice is John Sheehy’s second play. It previewed in Friars’ Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick and the Half Moon Theatre Cork and premiered in Bewley’s Café Theatre Dublin in February 2013. It received rave reviews, fantastic audience reaction and Sold Out. It was then invited to a number of venues and festivals in 2013. It was invited back to Bewley’s Café Theatre for a further 3 week run and again sold out. Fred & Alice had over 80 performances in 2013 and was awarded a Touring and Dissemination of Work Grant by the Arts Council which took place between March and May 2014. It then transferred to the Oran Mor, Glasgow, Scotland where it played to packed houses and received a 5 star review from The Herald Scotland. CallBack have continued to tour every year up until 2020 and we are delighted to be back. The play was made into a radio play by Ocean FM supported by the Broadcasting Association of Ireland in 2016 and won a PPI Bronze Award. With over 160 performances to date and another 11 venues booked already we are delighted to be back on tour again for 2023 Summer and Beyond.
“F**king wonderful” – Niall Tóibín
2023 performances are currently being planned and the show is available for touring.
Reviews and Critical Evaluations
***** “That melding of comedy with uncondescending frankness is what gives Sheehy’s script its emotional curve balls”….“remarkable performances from Ciaran Bermingham and Cora Fenton” – The Herald Scotland – full review
**** ‘Whirling Comedy’ – The Irish Times - full review
“Fred and Alice make wonderful company for each other and for us” – Irish Theatre Magazine - full review
**** – ‘Inspired’ – Irish Examiner - full review
**** “a charming and uplifting dash of theatre” – Playstosee.com – full review
“A special piece of work…above the ordinary” – Insert Title -full review
SPRING 2024 TOUR – BOOK TICKETS ↓
SUN JANUARY 21: TOWN HALL THEATRE GALWAY (Cancelled due to Red Weather Warning)
Courthouse Square, Galway. H91 H3C2
2:30pm | 091 569777 | Book for The Town Hall Theatre
FRI FEBRUARY 16: The SOURCE ARTS CENTRE Thurles
Cathedral Street, Thurles.
2:00pm | 0504 90204 | Book for The Source Arts Centre
SAT FEBRUARY 24: CULTÚRLANN, Newmarket, Co. Cork
Christ Church, Newmarket. P51 D854
8:00pm | 087 6406705 / Also for sale in usual outlets, on the door on the night | Book online for Cultúrlann
WED MARCH 27: SIAMSA TIRE, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Town Park, Tralee. V92 XW
8:00pm | 066 7123055 | Book for Siamsa Tire
THURS MARCH 28: THE BELLTABLE Limerick
69 O’Connell St, Limerick. V94 FK0H
8:00pm | 061 953400 | Book for Belltable
FRI APRIL 5: Dun Laoghire
The Studio, dlr LexIcon, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin A96 H283
12:30pm | Enquiries: +353 (0) 1 236 2768. Buy ticket on the door.
FRI 5 and SAT 6 APRIL: St Declan’s Hall, ARDMORE Co. Waterford
8:00pm | Tickets on sale in Ardmore & Grange Post Offices & TJ Country Stores | Book online for Ardmore
Booking Essential.
SAT APRIL 13: NEANAGH ARTS CENTRE, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Banba Square, Nenagh. E45 NX26
8:00pm | 067 34400 | Book for Nenagh Arts Centre
SAT APRIL 20: HAWK’S WELL THEATRE, Sligo
Temple Street, Sligo. F91 CFY7
8:00pm | 071 9161518 | Book for Hawk’s Well Theatre
SAT MAY 4: RIVERBANK ARTS CENTRE Newbridge, Co. Kildare
Main St, Newbridge. W12 962
8:00pm | 045 448327 | Book for Riverbank Arts Centre