Tipperary theatre guild to bring Blithe Spirit to Clonmel

The Clonmel Theatre Guild has been entertaining Tipperary audiences for decades, and rehearsals are currently well underway for their latest production: Noel Coward’s classic comedy of high spirits and clever banter, Blithe Spirit.

Consistently producing at least two plays annually, one in the Winter and another in the Spring, the CTG recently commissioned and performed an original Irish-Indian piece called Sacred Old Cow for Culture Night 2023 and also gave us the female version of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple as dinner theatre in the run up to Christmas. Both of these thought provoking comedies, selected by Artistic Director Suzanne Shine, were hugely well received and sold out fully.

For the Guild’s first time in the CTI, and directed by Patricia Harte, Blithe Spirit will run from 18 - 20 April 2024 and promises to be every bit as successful as the Guild’s other productions from this season.

Blithe Spirit is one of Noel Coward’s most loved plays. It’s a classic comedy of manners combining glorious satire and sophisticated biting humour. It tells the story of how successful author, Charles Condomine, while researching material for his new novel, arranges for a séance to be held which has unforeseen consequences. With the help of an eccentric medium, Madam Arcati, the participants of the séance unexpectedly call back the spirit of Charle’s first wife, Elvira, who died seven years previously.

Unable to be seen by Charles’s present wife, Ruth, or anyone other than Charles himself, Elivra makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s second marriage to hilarious effect.

Blithe Spirit will provide a wonderful evening’s entertainment of drawing-room comedy and ghostly mischief.