Light a Penny Candle: The rehearsal room laid bare

Actor and photographer Ste Murray blends his two worlds, taking his camera inside the rehearsal room as director Peter Sheridan watches over him and his castmates Kate Gilmore, India Mullen, Clelia Murphy and Fionn Foley, in Shay Linehan’s new stage adaption of the Maeve Binchy novel

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Red electrical tape marks out our playing space on the timber floor. One side of this line denotes the stage; outside of this line is known as the wings. Here, bits of costume and props line up, ready to be brought on stage. Among these props – suitcases, wine bottles, letters – lies a digital camera, very much out of place in this world of 1940s Galway. We’re in the Lab on Foley Street in Dublin. It’s week three of rehearsals for Light a Penny Candle. Maeve Binchy’s heartfelt story, adapted wisely for stage by Shay Linehan, is taking shape. I’ve brought my camera with me this week; I leave it off to the side as we work through the text.

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00