On the Town: The Sheridans were out in force to applaud their brother, Peter Sheridan, on the opening of his play, Finders Keepers, in the Peacock.
Brothers Paul, Gerard and John were all there to pose for the photographers and answer occasional questions from reporters. A trip to LA for the Oscars ceremony later this month could be on the cards, said Paul, as In America, directed by their eldest brother, Jim, has been nominated for three Oscars.
While Jim was busy in the US promoting the film, his daughter and In America co-writer Kirsten Sheridan made the opening, as did Peter's wife, Sheila.
Martin Drury, director of the play, said Finders Keepers "is a fairy tale. It's optimistic and upbeat in spite of dealing with darkness of a certain kind of social reality, which it does engage with".
The playwright himself said it is "based on my childhood at the Laurence O'Toole School, when I had the awful job of getting the mitchers back into the class". "Yes - I was the goody-two-shoes."
Others who attended opening night were Ben Barnes, artistic director of the Abbey; Sharon Murphy, co-ordinator of the Abbey One Hundred celebrations; Ali Curran, director of the Peacock; Barney Whelan, of SafeFood, and his wife, archaeologist, Margaret Gowen; and Máire and John O'Donoghue, from Navan, whose son, Domhnall O'Donoghue, plays Joe Joe in the play.
Finders Keepers runs at the Peacock Theatre until Saturday, March 6th