The Geese in Southover Street was transformed during Brighton festival to become the backdrop to a laugh out loud comic drama set in 1950s Ireland.  ‘The M Boat’ told the story of a working motor barge transporting Guinness from Dublin to Shannon Harbour.

Playwright Eddie Alford created a vivid cast of characters that sang, told tall tales, drank part of the precious cargo, fell out with one another and fell in love. 

The seven strong cast were recruited through the County Brighton newsletter and included Dubliner Darragh Brady, a professional musician who once played Paul McCartney in an Indian film, TV actor Ken Lawrence who has appeared in Eastenders, The Bill, Holby City and South of the Border, Katya Boirand who studied drama at the Sorbonne in Paris, and Maddie Herrington who performed last year with Niamh Cusack at The National Theatre in London and has appeared in  Waking The Dead television series.

‘The M Boat’ played to a rapturous capacity audience during its short run