"Angels in the Park" was performed in the Ranelagh Gardens as part of the Ranelagh Arts Festival. We managed to see two of these 10 minute short plays which were performed promenade style in the park. All of the plays were written especially for the event by Peter Sheridan, Cathy Barry, Shane Fallon, Graham Stull, Alex De Witt, and Kevin Jones. The two we saw were very funny.
The first play took place on a park bench and involved three characters, an older man with alzheimers disease and two young people.
Although humorous, this play brought a tear to my eye as Peggy Mangan a Dublin lady who had been missing for days after going walking with her dog was still being searched for. Unfortunately she was found dead an hour or so after we watched this play. Very sad. Peggy's dog stayed with her to the end but unfortunately Caspar died a few hours after Peggy's body was discovered in the undergrowth in a field near Ikea in Ballymun.
The second play took place a short walk away from the above park bench. It was a love story between two characters (this guy in the pond and a girl up in a balcony in an apartment overlooking the park).
Angels in the Park was a really enjoyable event. It had been running all week at lunchtime and the day we saw it was the last day it was being performed. I had hoped to go to a few more events in the Ranelagh Arts Festival but was unable to, so it was great to see this.
The plays were produced by Shiva Productions
