Irish playwright Jimmy Kerr's House Strictly Private was a standout of the recent First Irish Theatre Festival

Irish playwright Jimmy KerrTwo Irish playwrights emerged from the recent 1st Irish Theatre Festival in New York, and it's time to mark their achievements Playwright Jimmy Kerr is already well known to the Irish community here for his successful run of Ardnaglass on the Air, a knockabout rural comedy which played at the Manhattan Theatre Source in 2010, directed by actress Geraldine HughesBut House Strictly Private, a pitch-black comic drama, is an unexpected follow up to Kerr's rollicking festival debut Tackling the subject of an Irish wake, the play at first unfolds with deceptive simplicity Read more