February 23rd & 24th 2019 @ 8:15pm

Friday 8th March 2019 (as part of West Waterford Drama Festival 2019)

Ballyduff Drama Group

A Fine Bright Day Today

By Phillip Goulding

Since the death of her trawlerman husband, Margaret has developed obsessive rituals. Including unplugging all unused electrical items, replacing lids and closing cupboards in case a protruding drawer upsets the balance of the universe. Such routines enable her to maintain the insularity of her life, but do not equip her to deal with the sudden appearance at breakfast of a big, bristly American in his boxer shorts. Milton is a landscape enthusiast who has followed his hero, the fictitious painter Franklin Bowden Broome, to a small fishing town. Grieving Margaret has not been looking for a lodger, but there’s something about the genial, weather-beaten interloper that intrigues her. It leaves you with an optimistic sense that everyone deserves a second chance.