''Pumpgirl'' is an acclaimed
New York Times, 2007 play by Abbie Spallen, which is set in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a co-winner of the 2006–2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for best play written in English by a woman.
''Pumpgirl'' consists of interwoven monologues from three characters: the tomboyish Pumpgirl (worker at a rural gas station), the man she fancies, and his wife.
The play was performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 3 to 27 August 2006, and at the Bush Theatre, London from 12 September to 14 October 2006. Orla Fitzgerald played Pumpgirl, James Doran played Hammy, and Maggie Hayes played Sinéad, under the direction of Mike Bradwell
Mike Bradwell (born July 11, 1986) is a former Canadian football wide receiver who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 2008 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts. He began playin ...
.
In late 2007, ''Pumpgirl'' received its off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club.
''Pumpgirl'' received its Irish premiere in Belfast, Queen's Drama Studio opening 3 September 2008 and toured throughout Ireland from 20 September to 11 October. The production was a Lyric Theatre Company production, starring Maggie Hayes as Sinéad, Stuart Graham
Leslie Stuart Graham (born 9 January 1942) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Saloon car racing specialist.
He is the son of the 1949 500cc world champion, Leslie Graham.
Graham started racing in 1961 on a 125 cc ...
as Hammy and Samantha Heaney as Pumpgirl and directed by Andrew Flynn.
External links
Bush Theatre site for Pumpgirl
Financial Times review
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Lyric Theatre site for Pumpgirl
References
British plays
2006 plays
Theatre in Northern Ireland