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SKELPIELIMMER IS A multi-awardwinning theatre
COMPANY MADE UP OF
SEÓN SIMPSON & GINA DONNELLY.

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NEW AND UPCOMING SHOWS

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PLAYHOUSE DERRY 28-29th AUG 2026

THE NEW THEATRE DUBLIN FRINGE 9-12th SEPT 2026

THE MAC BELFAST 18-19th SEPT 2026

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WRITTEN BY CARLEY MAGEE

IN ASSOCIATION WITH SKELPIELIMMER PRODUCTIONS & THE PLAYHOUSE DERRY

Would you rather meet a man or a bird at a bus stop? 

A girl is alone at night. But not for long. 

An unflinching, hilarious new play about 2010s girlhood, cringe-worthy quests for love and the cyclical curse of womanhood. Growing Pains captures the chaos and contradictions of growing up: wanting to go ice-skating with your parents, whilst also wanting to go get drunk and fingered in some random field. Never in between. 

Funny, feral, and full of girlhood fury it asks what we inherit, what we survive, and why the same stories keep happening again and again. 

GROWING PAINS

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BY CAOIMHE FARREN

Hello Charlie follows Sisters Maeve and Kate. They have fled their past trauma in Derry and now live in London. Hedonistic Maeve binge-drinks to oblivion; stoic Kate sees history repeating itself. But Maeve dodges culpability for her drunken antics; the blame clearly lies with her beloved, inebriated alter-ego: Charlie.

A laugh out loud-dark-comedy about trauma, sisterhood and breaking the cycle of familial addiction that is courageous and fiercely original in its portrayal of alcoholism..  

HELLO CHARLIE

PAVILION THEATRE 18TH SEPT 2026

An Grianán Theatre 25TH-26TH SEPT 2026

THE LYRIC 7TH-18th OCT 2026

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A partnership dedicated to making uncensored theatre that provokes
change and starts conversations.

SKELPIELIMMER The multi-award winning partnership made up of Seón Simpson & Gina Donnelly.

“ We are committed to creating joyful empowering experiences for our audiences.”
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SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

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SCAREDY FAT BY Colm McCready Produced by SkelpieLimmer

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AWARDS

Winner: Solas Nua new voices award 2024

Winner: First Fortnight Award 2024

WINNER: LET AWARD 2023

WINNER: SUMMERHALL LUSTRUM AWARD
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2022

WINNER: ABBEY THEATRE & DUBLIN FRINGE
CREATIVE THINKING AWARD 2019

NOMINEE: SPIRIT OF WIT AWARD 2023

NOMINEE: RADICAL SPIRIT AWARD 2023

NOMINEE: BEST PERFORMER (COLM McCREADY) 2023

NOMINEE: FIRST FORTNIGHT AWARD 2023

NOMINEE: FISHAMBLE NEW PLAY AWARD 2019

what the critics say

  • ‘RAUCOUS AND UNAPOLOGETIC’

    THE IRISH TIMES (4 STARS) Two Fingers Up

  • 'BOTH A PROFOUND CARE AND A DEEP SILLINESS TO THIS WORK.'

    THE AGE, Two Fingers Up

  • ‘I ACTUALLY HAD TO CONTAIN MYSELF FROM THROWING MY ARMS IN THE AIR AND SHOUTING YES!!’

    LADIES WHO THEATRE NI, Two Fingers Up

  • ‘PROBABLY FUNNIER AND CLEVERER THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU’LL SEE ONSTAGE’

    ALAN IN BELFAST, Two Fingers Up

  • ‘THE CAST, CREW, WRITING AND DIRECTION WAS PERFECT. I LAUGHED ‘TILL I CRIED. WELL DONE, FUNNY, IMPORTANT AND INFORMATIVE.’

    Audience Feedback, Two Fingers Up

  • ‘ANYONE WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS PIECE OF THEATRE SHOULD TAKE IT! WITTY AND INTELLIGENT WRITING TACKLING ISSUES WHICH ALL ARE RELATABLE TO GROWING UP IN NI AND PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY!

    Audience Feedback, Two Fingers Up

  • ‘IT IS A STRONG CAST AND SEóN SIMPSON AND GINA DONNELLY’S WRITING IS UNREPENTANTLY SELF-AWARE’

    CIARA L. MURPHY, Two Fingers Up

  • 'A rip roaring tour de force'

    Belfast Media Group, Anthem For Dissatisfaction

  • 'Sweeney & Lamey achieve a level of chemistry which is rare but essential'

    Alan In Belfast, Anthem For Dissatisfaction