‘Catch of the Day’ is a comedy that is based on the true life story from 1966 of a skipper that arrived in Dingle Bay, Ireland, with a very unusual catch. The play we went to go see was shown at The Queen’s Theatre on the smaller stage in the Auditorium
Red Fox call themselves the group that ‘make children’s theatre for grown-ups, unashamedly silly, experimental and a little bit educational’ and this was certainly seen on the night. All of the actors took on different characters simply using different clothing and this was absolutely part of the hilarity, the silly faces being put on by the actors even left the performers in tears of laughter at one point. One of my favourite scenes featured the actors/actress dressed up as nuns, this was hilarious and left me in tears.
It is very much a fascinating and educational tale told by the lucky fisherman, with twists and turns. The tale is told from the fisherman’s point of view and this often means that although it’s a ‘true tale’, based on a real-life-story, it does actually leave you wondering how true to life the tale actually was
I took my 9-year-old daughter to see the show and she found the whole night extremely funny. The night does contain a few swear words but these are increasingly part of the story and easily passes by unnoticed. The history of the Northern Ireland/Ireland divide was fascinating and, unlike the tale of the fish, we were certainly left assured that this historical tale of the partition was not made up Sadly, this was the only chance to see the show at The Queen’s Theatre but I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting the following theatres:
