Cash on Delivery will make you laugh in Aughawillan

Aughawillan Drama Troupe are taking on Michael Cooney’s Cash on Delivery: a rapid-fire rip-roaring comedy where a likeable fraudster assumes multiple personas to receive several payments from the Department of Social Protection.

Three new cast members make their acting debut in this production, and are fitting in perfectly with the more seasoned board treaders.

Deirdre Harvey hails from the next parish, and rules the roost when she arrives on stage. Noel Kiernan speaks from the Cavan side of Aughawillan, and steps along a delicate line between comatose and market trader.

John Mc Teggart is an old hand at kilt wearing, and that skill is called upon once again this year. Gillian Warren has wide experience as the long suffering wife on stage, but adds her particular twists to make this part her own.

Karen Prior, with Corlough acting heritage on her mother’s side, has created the impossibly difficult, yet likeable Jenkins, with aplomb.

Jerome Quinn challenges the Smith brothers for deadly delivery and calm execution under pressure. Pat Flanagan re-visits his debut, as he is a doctor once again, curing marriages challenged by corsets and coutrements of the lady-like variety.

Donal Quinn steps easily between set and stage, but rests uneasily this year as literal executioner of his characters created for cash.

In the drama, Eric feels he is running out of road and might be coming close to the entire scheme being discovered, he takes the momentous decision to begin killing off his revenue generating characters!

The morning of the first planned execution is precisely where this comedy production begins, and you can only imagine the chaos that ensues as first Ms. Jenkins, a DSP inspector, arrives at the house to collect a routine signature for yet another payment, followed in short order by a really engaged rapid response social worker, who wants to care deeply for the bereaved family members.

His upstairs lodger is both an asset and a liability in holding everything together, and an eclectic dress sense is required to complete the scenario.

Eric’s wife, Linda, discovers a particularly private collection, and decides to take matters into her own hands, with predictably hilarious results.

An enthusiastic girlfriend is worried about the upstairs lodger, and cannot stay away from this frantic household, getting little sympathy from the characters already at the pin of their collar to keep Jenkins close to the sherry, and far, far away from the truth of anything at all.

It all adds up to a delightfully satisfying evening, woven throughout with humour and repartee that barely allows time to draw breath between laughs, as the sculpted plot races with brilliant effect.

The hardest part of the show will be ensuring you get your bottom on a seat, shows sell out fast in Aughawillan.

Book your tickets on (087) 648 6804.