Silly Bits of Sky is suitable for children aged 7 - 11 years. The play, written by Maeve Ingoldsby, is about a group who hang out near the old pier and frequently indulge in ritual slagging matches. Lanky Murphy hates being teased about her height. Deggsie is fiercely sensitive to being slagged about his family circumstances. When his boast of having a brand new sleeping bag with a hood is challenged by Spider as "spoof" the lies snowball and Deggsie realises he will have to produce the sleeping bag or be found out.
Deggsie's desperate efforts to part-borrow, part-earn the money he needs leads him to doing some work for Lanky's granny, a feisty but insightful woman with whom he forges an unlikely friendship. But with his light-fingered and spacey brother Petey causing chaos wherever he goes and his mother's failure to understand how important the sleeping bag is to him, Deggsie's plan go awry. The only solution to his problem would mean betraying the trust of the one person who understands him...
Deggsie: Gus McDonagh
Petey: Niall McDonagh
Lanky: Shonagh Lyons
Granny: Helen Roche
Pineapple / Mother: Aileen Mythen
Spider / J.J.: John Morton
Directed by: Philip Hardy
Original Music: John Ryan
Set Design: Carol Betera
Lighting Design: Mark Galione
Costume Design: Bernie McCoy
Production Manager: Michael Burke
Stage/Tour Manager: Steve Rider
Technical Manager: Joe Glasgow
Ass. Stage Manager: Ronan Egan
Set Construction: T.P.S.
Transport: Simon Burke
Teachers' Pack: Vincent Dempsey
Teachers' Pack: Jacinta Breen
Teachers' Pack: Maeve Ingoldsby
Graphic Design: Debbie Jenkinson
Photographer: Dylan Vaughan