8:00PM PUMP GIRL

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We would like to welcome Lyric Theatre Company in their first visit to Strule Arts Centre with their highly acclaimed production The Pumpgirl. A turbocharged race through diesel fumes and country music of the borderlands of South Armagh. The Pumpgirl, rebel racer Hammy and his wife Sinead are all on a course for a dramatic collision, but will they survive the impact?The play, written by Newry playwright Abbie Spallen, is set in a petrol station just north of the Border, located on the wrong side of the fluctuating exchange rate. The business is on its last legs: battered, faded signs grace the stage - desperate attempts at enticing customers with cheap two - litre bottles of cola. Pumpgirl is one of the people who work in the petrol station. There's one in every town and they call her the Pumpgirl. She works in the garage, changes the oil and thinks she's one of the lads. She's sweet on “No-Helmet” Hammy, but he loves no-one but himself. He's out all night with his racing boys, whilst wife Sinead's off on a joyride of her own.“Abbie Spallen comes out all guns blazing, with writing so sparky and intricately observed, it seems as if it might spontaneously combust.” (**** The Guardian)