OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Emmet Kirwan 

• Setting

  West Tallaght, 1995

• Synopsis

  In a video shop in west Tallaght, in the tumultuous spring of 1995, the owner Barry is having problems with his staff, the customers, a local vigilante called The Coach, and an elusive video pirate simply called The Video Van Man. His long-suffering staff Karl and Claire are the movie geek brains that keep the shop going, but they and the shop are under threat from a multitude of outside forces – local vigilantes, lack of opportunity, their chaotic family lives, not to mention VHS going rapidly out of fashion.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  2

• Total

  7

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 November 2021

• Producer

  Produced by Landmark Productions In association with Civic Theatre and Project Arts Centre

• Original Venue

  Civic Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  Straight to Video opened in the Civic Theatre and transferred to Project Arts Centre on the 9th November.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.