Myra's Story

Meet Myra McLaughlin, a middle-aged alcoholic woman who lives on the streets of Dublin. She has a host of amazing stories to share of a wild past, and one day after waking up in a hostel she decide to tell them, portraying all the characters she talks about to amazing effect. You’ll love the revelations, the hilarity, and the heartbreaking life events that led Myra to this point. The character is played to perfection by the award-winning actor Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley, herself a Dubliner. The role won her a coveted Bobby Award in 2021, Broadway Baby’s top prize for Outstanding Performance after 21 sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Festival’s Palais de Varietie Spiegeltent venue.

Theatre tickets for Myra’s Story take you to a dazzling acting masterclass where the actor portrays all the characters in Myra’s story herself, an unforgettable journey encompassing a multitude of emotions from laughter to tears, joy to despair. Written by the respected Irish playwright Brian Foster, the likeable and vulnerable character is created from a blend of street drinkers he was familiar with in his home town of Derry in Northern Ireland, and the play is based on his former success, Maire: A Woman of Derry. Come along to the Trafalgar Theatre this autumn and fall in love with Myra.