Into the West

by Greg Banks
Based on the screenplay by Jim Sheridan

From the coast of Ireland comes the spellbinding tale of two siblings and a white horse called Tir Na n’Og. Ally and Fin are children of Travelers living with their Pa, when the mysterious, otherworldly horse comes to them from the sea, filling their lives (and tiny flat) with happiness . . . and trouble. Soon police are at the door to take Tir Na n’Og away, but not even the law can keep these children from their magnificent horse. Fearless as cowboys, Ally and Fin escape into the west in this lively, suspenseful drama about love, loss and bravery, where they learn that the greatest journeys in life take us beyond all imagination and into our hearts.

$12.00

Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Length: 75 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions in North America
  • Cast Size: 3 roles plus musician

Full Details

Roles:

  • Pa/Grandpa
  • Finn
  • Ally

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package
  • This title is NOT a musical however, we do have orchestrations from the original production by Thomas Johnson available for an additional fee. This resource is written for one musician playing accordion and guitar.

Greg Banks

Greg Banks' work as an actor, writer and director has taken him all over the world from Singapore to Seattle via  the Arctic Circle. Greg's plays include Tir Na N'og (Travelling Light/West End, Broadway, Touring Winner of Samuel Beckett Award/TMA nominee for best play for young people 1998), Why The Whales Came (Plymouth Theatre Royal/ Theatre Alibi/West End) Dorian Grey (American Drama Group/International touring) Too  Many Cooks (Travelling Light) Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Robin Hood, Antigone (Minneapolis Children's Theatre) Me and My Shadow (Theatre Alibi) Snow Queen (Norden farm) Arabian Nights, Hansel\n and Gretel, Keep on Moving, (Fair Game Theatre.) He has directed for many companies including The Bristol Old Vic (Endgame), The Unicorn Children's Theatre London (The Wizard of Oz), Minneapolis Children's Theatre (Romeo and Juliet. Winner of the 2009 Ivey award for Direction and voted best play of 2009 by Twin Cities.com, Antigone, Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Robin Hood) Vedogon Theatre, Moscow (Comedy Of Errors) American Drama Group (The Great Gatsby.) The Birmingham Stage Company (Kensukes Kingdom; nominated for a 2006 T.M.A. award, Treasure Island, Why The Whales Came),Polka Children's Theatre, (Just So by Jamila Gavin) New Perspectives, Travelling Light (Stones, Tir Na N'og, Too Many Cooks), M6 Theatre Company (Forever, Peacemaker, Trouble), 1157 Performance Company, Seattle Children's Theatre and The New York State Theatre (Tempest, King of Shadows by Adrian Mitchell).

Learn more about Greg at www.gregbankstheatredirector.co.uk

 

Originally produced by Travelling Light Theatre Company, UK, in 1995

Preview the Show

Into the West at Travelling Light Theatre

Reviews

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Deeply sensitive and highly imaginative

- The New York Times
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Not just exceptional children’s theatre, it is complex, moving and vivid theatre that creates a complete imaginative world of its own

- The Guardian, UK