Carrigart man Martin Jim McFadden with his book ‘Don’t Go There’. His play, based on the book, will be centre stage in Derry’s Playhouse on March 23.
CARRIGART man Martin Jim McFadden will bring his play ‘Don’t Go There’ which chronicles his incredible battle with the bottle, to Derry’s Playhouse later this month.
In his play, Martin gives an insight into the dark reality of addiction and how alcohol controlled him, damaged him, almost killed him – and did kill many of his friends.
The play, arranged by Lorna Baldrick, will be centre stage at the Playhouse on Friday March 23.
“I was haunted by demons, demons that would not let me rest. I couldn’t settle in a job, a relationship, or even a place. I was on the run and fuelling my paranoia with alcohol; I would walk away from someone I loved in favour of a drink. But this is also the story of my recovery. Who or what saved me then,” asks McFadden in his frank, moving and often hilarious style.
Martin Jim McFadden onstage during a previous performance of his play.
“The honest stories of wildness and debauchery will keep you laughing through the hideousness of the darkness, ” Áine McCarron, theatre
programmer at The Playhouse said.
Tickets for ‘Don’t Go There are £8 and are available today from The Playhouse Box Office on 02871 268027 or online at derryplayhouse.co.uk.
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Posted: 4:59 pm March 16, 2018