From the Shoulders Down

Celebrating sixty years involvement in drama, well-known Blessington writer/actor, Richard Lynch, will bring one of his most popular shows to Castletown, ‘From the Shoulder Down’. Cleverly scripted and performed by Richard, the show has been staged all over Ireland, parts of England, and Canada.

P.J. Mulpeter, now sixty-five, hails from somewhere in the midlands. He begins his final working day as a buliders’ labourer, having ‘soldiered’ for fifty years under the same construction firm, working under three generations of the same family.

In a reflective mood, he casts a backward glance at the highs and lows of his ‘career’ on the pick and shovel. We meet him in situations from the school classroom, to digging foundations, to the Marquee Dances, to encounters with his boss, ‘Oul Murray’ and his close associate ‘Larry the Lick’ himself.

This is a fun show not to be missed!