A Happy And Holy Occasion

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon, Richard Piper as Denny O'Mahon, Peter Curtin as Reverend Father Thurlogh O'Gorman. Photographer: Jeff Busby

A Happy And Holy Occasion

By John O'Donoghue

27 February 1993 – 20 March 1993 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

Theatre Remount

First staged in 1976, the play is an account of a doomed family party held in Newcastle on Friday 13 February, the eve of the eldest son's entrance into a seminary, and the fall of Singapore. It is a portrait of family interdependence and the Irish-Australian heritage of romanticism, ebullient humour, guilt and vulnerability.

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: James McKenna as Christy O'Mahon, Janet Andrewartha as Brenda Mulcahey. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon, Robert Essex as Tocky Keating. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Beverley Dunn as Cecilia McManus, Richard Piper as Denny O'Mahon, Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: James McKenna as Christy O'Mahon, Malcolm Robertson as Vincent de Paul (Houses) O'Halloran. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Richard Piper as Denny O'Mahon, Robert Essex as Tocky Keating. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon, Janet Andrewartha as Brenda Mulcahey. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: James McKenna as Christy O'Mahon, Janet Andrewartha as Brenda Mulcahey. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon, Robert Essex as Tocky Keating. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Beverley Dunn as Cecilia McManus, Richard Piper as Denny O'Mahon, Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: James McKenna as Christy O'Mahon, Malcolm Robertson as Vincent de Paul (Houses) O'Halloran. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Richard Piper as Denny O'Mahon, Robert Essex as Tocky Keating. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "A Happy and Holy Occasion". L-R: Ailsa Piper as Mary O'Mahon, Janet Andrewartha as Brenda Mulcahey. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Creatives

John O'Donoghue

Playwright

Wayne Pearn

Assistant to the Director

Terence Clarke

Terence Clarke

Director

Tony Tripp

Tony Tripp

Designer

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Administrator, Theatre Manager, Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary

Sarah Masters

Lighting Designer

Jon Davey

Sound Operator/Engineer

Armando Licul

Armando Licul

Assistant Stage Manager

Stuart McKenzie

Technician

Ross Murray

Stage Manager

Linda Aitken

Production Manager

Jill Smith

Jill Smith

General Manager