One Man Show Was Successful
The success of Martin Dempsey’s one-man variety show “Sing-Hilarity-Plus”, staged in Jury’s Hotel, Sligo, last week, should be encouraging to Sligo Drama Circle. Sponsored by them it was the first of what the Circle hope will be a series of professional visits over the winter, providing year-round theatre in Sligo. Dempsey pulls no punches, and the lively ridiculing of Mr. Ian Paisley was only equalled by unapologetic mimicry of the “Mission” priest. Other items that live in the memory are a very pertinent take-off of agricultural programmes on television and the various operatic excerpts with which he laced his presentation. The show was produced by Gerry Sullivan.
from The Sligo Champion, May 12th, 1972
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