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‘Lisa McGee completely captured an era, a humour that is so specific, so original to the north'

‘Lisa McGee completely captured an era, a humour that is so specific, so original to the north'

From the screen to the stage, Judith Roddy is set for her National Theatre of Ireland debut, as she tells Aine Toner
From today, Derry actor Judith Roddy will be on stage with Tommy Tiernan and Aaron Monaghan in Kevin Barry's dark comedy The Cave.
Directed by Co-Director of the Abbey Theatre, Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin, this marks her debut at the National Theatre of Ireland in which she plays the local sergeant, who meets Archie and Bopper McRae in a dead zone in the mountains of south county Sligo, and becomes increasingly entangled in their lives.

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