Carlow native has announced brand new Irish musical starring award winning actress

Ollie Hennessy from Carlow Town has announced a brand new Irish musical drama ‘Letters From The Front’,

The musical will star award winning West End leading lady, Rebecca Storm amongst a cast of thirty-five members.

Letters From The Front’ is set during World War One and tells the emotional tales of three families, caught up in the turmoil of the war. The new musical features a stunning orchestral music score and beautiful original songs that underpin the raw emotions of the characters as they navigate the turbulent waters of the Great War. The music is inspired by and based on real letters that were written by soldiers and family members throughout the years 1914-1918.

Creators Don O’Connor and Ollie Hennessey said today, as tickets went on sale, “The reaction ‘Letters from the Front’ got in Kilkenny back in March made us believe that there is an audience for these stories. Many of our cast including Rebecca herself have family links to WWI and we were unaware of the scale of Irish participation in WWI (over 200,000 Irish men served in the British military with 35,000 losing their lives) until we started writing the musical”. Ollie who is responsible for the music added “one of the most iconic songs of WWI is ‘It’s a long way from Tipperary’ recorded by one of Irelands best known tenors John Mc Cormack so there is a real connection between this horrendous part of world history and our country. Having someone with such exceptional theatre experience as Rebecca agreeing to come on board makes us believe we have something special in this piece of musical theatre”.

The musical premiered at Kilkenny’s Watergate Theatre and will play the O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Dublin 1, from Tuesday 21st November – Friday 24th November. 

Tickets are priced at €34 and €30 for OAP/students and are on sale now HERE