Mrs Brown
Mrs Brown Rides Again A New Show for 2012 - The Hilarious Series Continues Starring Brendan O'Carroll and Mrs Brown's Boys
Due to popular demand a brand new tour has been announce for Mrs Brown's Boys. 'Mrs Brown Rides Again' written by and starring Brendan O'Carroll is part of the hilarious series and will head across the UK to some of the country's biggest arenas. 'Mrs Brown Rides Again' follows the phenomenal success of Sunday's BAFTAs with a nomination in the Serial Comedy category for TV series Mrs Brown's Boys on BBC ONE.
Mrs Brown Trilogy of plays (there's five) is written by and stars Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Agnes Brown. Audiences in the North of England and Scotland first discovered Mrs Brown over ten years ago, when Mrs Brown went on to break box office records in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Sunderland, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The current tour 'Good Mourning Mrs Brown' has amassed over 50 shows to rapturous audiences and to rave reviews with more shows continuing this December through to April 2012.
'Mrs Brown Rides Again' follows on the heels of 'Good Mourning Mrs Brown'; Agnes Brown and her dysfunctional family romp their way through what seems to be the mammy's last days at home. After hearing a plot, by her children, to have her put into a home, Agnes decides to prove them wrong by displaying a new lease of life. However, this is not going to be as easy as it seems for along the way she must deal with a psychiatrist trying to put her in her place...or maybe away, her son's gay partner who wants to give birth, her neighbour's wait for a heart bypass and worst of all, a family secret that everyone seems to know except her.
'Good Mourning Mrs Brown' Starring Brendan O’Carroll and Mrs Brown’s Boys - Dec 2011 & Spring 2012 dates & Venues added due to phenomenal demand.
Following the phenomenal success and of the TV comedy series Mrs Brown’s Boys on BBC ONE and after almost completely selling out a June UK tour Brendan O’Carroll returns to the stage to present 'Good Mourning Mrs Brown' due to overwhelming demand in December 2011 and through to April 2012. 'Good Mourning Mrs Brown' is the second of the Mrs Brown Trilogy of plays (there’s five) and it is written by and stars Brendan O’Carroll as Mrs Agnes Brown.
Audiences in the North of England and Scotland first discovered Mrs Brown over ten years ago, when Mrs Brown went on to break box office records in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Sunderland, Glasgow and Edinburgh. O’Carroll is looking forward to going back to the UK stage; 'People have really taken Mrs Brown to their hearts. I think she reminds them of their own Mammies….fierce and scary, but full of love'.
'Mrs Brown’s Boys' TV series made its debut on BBC ONE in February of this year and proved an automatic ratings smash for Mrs Agnes Brown, so much so that Auntie Beeb has already commissioned a second series which will return later this year. Brendan O’Carroll has attributed his TV series’ success to the economic climate and to the British audience’s yearning for better times; 'The funny thing about it is that basically I’m doing what I’ve been doing for many years, but I think it’s just a question of timing. We’re in a recession and people are scared, people are a bit down, so they need a laugh first of all, and traditionally, no matter who you are, comedy always does well in a recession….but in this particular case, people also get nostalgic. In a recession everyone wants to look back at the times when Summers were longer, the Christmases were brighter and family life was better, so I think it’s a very old-fashioned sitcom. The timing just happened to be right for us and people are loving it, thank God'.
What The Press Said:
'Fecking Good Stuff' - THE TIMES
'We love, love, LOVE, this comedy' - DAILY MIRROR
'Has the audience rolling in the aisles... Ah, the joy of slapstick' - MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A hilarious slice of Dublin working class life, delivered on a plate in this marvelous comedy' BIRMINGHAM EVE MAIL
'It is, without doubt, the greatest display of comedy I have seen all year' – NEWCASTLE EVE CHRONICLE.
'Hilarious. Guaranteed to make you ache with laughter' – LIVERPOOL ECHO
* Contains adult humour *
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